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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Psyche Bruner, 1897, May 14
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Alternative Title
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Lawrence Bruner Letters, 1897
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Date
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1897, May 14
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Creator
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Lawrence Bruner
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Description
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Handwritten 8 page letter from Lawrence Bruner to Psyche Bruner, "Since Mamma does not lile long letters I guess that I will write the long ones to you and Helen..."
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Identifier
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081210-1897-005c
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Transcription
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was sick? Well yes, I was rather sick beginning on the evening of the 28th of April and keeping it up until May 13th when we entered the harbor of Pernambuco. I vomited some, even throwing up greenish, bitter gall. But I was not nearly so sick as I thought I would be. My stomach was so weak and upset by the motion that I could not eat except while lying down, and then ate only toast and drank a little tea. I also ate an occasional sea biscuit or kind of cracker made on purpose for sailors to eat. Sea biscuit or ship's biscuit are made of wheat and bean flour mixed and then are baked very hard. They have no salt in them.
On the 29th we had quite a storm and the waves dashed all over the decks and the ship rolled very much. Only once I looked out and the waves seemed as high as our house. It looked awful scarey; but I was too sick at the time to care how it was or what happened. We were then about midway between the Bermuda Islands and Cape Hatteras. By the next day the sea had quieted down some and I felt better, but could not go to table for
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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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