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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Marcia Bruner, 1897, May 26
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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 26
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Creator
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Lawrence Bruner
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Description
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Handwritten 2 page letter from Lawrence Bruner to Marcia Bruner, "Well I did not write you from Victoria…"
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Identifier
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081210-1897-006a
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Transcription
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Rio de Janeiro, S. America
May, 26th 1897.
Dear Marcia:–
Well I did not write you from Victoria because there was no opportunity to mail a letter from there, although we remained there for five days discharging cargoe. While there I went ashore quite a good bit and collected specimens. The place is exceedingly tropical in appearance and the vegetation is all more or less thorny or nettle-like.
I am afraid that I would never be a sailor. In coming from Pernambuco to Victoria and also from Victoria to here I was sea sick. Otherwise I am in excellent health and am enjoying myself very much. Delight in studying the vegetation, birds, insects, reptiles, and other forms of life including the inhabitants — the latter a very queer combination with peculiar ways. The women not at all attractive to me at least.
Upon arriving in Rio de Janeiro yesterday I received a letter from a Mr. Oliver P. James
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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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