Complex sentence: Bass wrote several letters: one sent to Cephas Parker and William Perry, storekeepers in Saratoga, was referred to Henry B. Northup, the son of Mintus' former master.
Split into simpler sentences: Bass wrote several letters: one sent to Cephas Parker and William Perry, storekeepers in Saratoga. He was referred to Henry B. Northup, the son of Mintus' former master.