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Title
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Letters, July 12th, 1911_018
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Alternative Title
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Letters, July 12th, 1911
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Date
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July 12th, 1911
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Creator
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Edith Schwartz Clements
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Description
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Edith Schwartz Clements handwritten letter
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Identifier
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nshs-rg3158am
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Transcription
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one language to another & I talked a marvelous polyglot for a while. Some of the young men were quite easy to understand, but this one spoke rapidly & indistinctly. Here is a good French phrase for Agusta to practice: “On en a un.” We reached Chur , the little town at the base of the mountains at last — a quaint old place, & had our fourth meal at the station restaurant, said good-bye to our party & took the train for Thusis , a little town where we were to spend the night on our way to the quiet village of Avers-Cresta . The most interesting thing on the way were castles or ruins of castles stuck up on every available, inaccessible “bump.” I “schwärmed” over these until I could only point & grunt when a new one appeared. When we reached our hotel at Thusis , we were so tired & stiff & sore, we turned in at once & slept the sleep of exhaustion. Imagine climbing straight up from Minnehaha to the top of Garfield — or else make Cameron Core two & a half times as high , climb it, walk along a slippery & nerve-trying arrete for an d hour & descend on the other side directly & you will get an
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Rights
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To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
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