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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Marcia Bruner, 1897, June 16
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Alternative Title
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Lawrence Bruner Letters, 1897
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Date
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1897, June 16
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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, "I am beginning to feel quite anxious for a letter from home..."
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Identifier
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081210-1897-010a
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Transcription
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June 16th 1897
Dear Marcia:–
I am beginning to feel quite anxious for a letter from home for I have not yet had a single line and there have been at least two or three mails. Of course there are letters somewhere and they will reach me in due time if addressed in care of the United States Minister, Buenos Aires.
I have been afflicted with a sort of malarial fever ever since arriving here, but at no time have I been entirely laid up with it. In Buenos Aires I called in a doctor, as I believe I wrote you before, to assure myself of the nature of the trouble. Here in Caracaña I am stopping for the present with an American family by the name of James. Mrs. James is an excellent lady and and takes as good care of me as if I were her own son. She is an excellent nurse, and, as Mr. James says, delights in waiting on persons who are sick. She has had at least a dozen different professors from the U.S. in her home in Brazil, Uraguay and here during the past 30 years, who were sick with some fever or other. She is interested in insects and plants; and sent one man in Reading Pa. 20,000 butterflies.
During the past week I have gone over at least 300 reports relating to the grasshopper which I am to study. These reports are in German, Spanish and English, and come from every part of the Republic of Argentina. While they contain much that is useles they also give much useful information that will greatly facilitate my investigations. Some of the reports were sent in by persons who were seeking the position which I have. A few of them contain quite laughable errors
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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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