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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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081210-1897-005e
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Transcription
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before entering this harbor.
On the 4th of May we passed the Tropic of Cancer and were their within the tropics or in the torrid zone. That is we were almost as far south of the City of Mexico or Cuba. By the 6th of May at 10 o'clock in the morning we passed the sun 15 degrees north of the equator and since that time the sun has been to the north of us. Now when we look for the sun at noon it is up North about 25 degrees and our shadows point to the south. The sun moves "against the hands of a clock and not the same way." Just figure it out for yourself. Take mamma's watch in your hand and look at the sun so that your left hand points to the east and your right hand to the west the sun will move the same way as the hands of the watch. Now turn around and look north and hold the watch before you. Your right hand will point to the east and your left to the west, and the sun rising where it does will move against the hands of the watch to reach the west. This seems queer but it is true just the same.
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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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