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Mashpee, Dec. 31, 1770

Sir,

I once promised to give you some instance of longevity, which I have known among the Indians of my acquaintance, and therefore make no apology for troubling you with the following account of the long lives of some of my people. I may first observe that Indians keep no register of their births, but their ages may be determined within a year or two by comparing with them the ages of their English neighbours or some remarkable even which we can ascertain the date of. This is the method I have used.

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