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The early letters, between 1876 and early 1878, are written by Joseph Quarton, Secretary and House Steward; there is then one letter by Robert Baker, August 1878, followed by a gap, then a letter of February 1879, and one of September 1879, then a few letters for the early 1880s Also has one item from 1901

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