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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Marcia Bruner, 1897, June 24
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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 24
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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, "It has been two full months since I have received any word from home or even from Lincoln."
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Identifier
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081210-1897-011a
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Transcription
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June 24th 1897
Dear Marcia:–
It has been two full months since I have received any word from home or even from Lincoln. Of course you have written, but for some reason or other the letters have been delayed in reaching me. It seems quite a long time not to hear from home when one is so far away and among strangers. Still, when a a person is well and fully occupied the time goes quite rapidly.
Thus far I have done but little traveling about over the Republic but I must start out tomorrow for at least a week's trip in the northwest towards Bolivia — about 750 to 800 miles north of here. When I return another trip will have to be taken up the Panama & Paraguay rivers as far as or farther than Concepcion in Paraguay. This latter trip will require at least 3 or 4 weeks. So I hope a letter or letters will reach me from home before I start out for the long journey. Later I may go up into Bolivia as far as Sucre or Chuquisaca. If I do at least 700 miles of the distance (350 up & 350 back) will have to be made on mule back or by stage. You see I wish to find the northern limit of distribution of the locust that I am studying, for it seems to be necessary to do so in order to get at its life-history. The life-history or rather a knowledge of it is absolutely necessary in order to prescribe an efficient remedy.
The bird life here is a continual surprise to me. There are so many peculiar and interesting forms continually coming to my notice day after day. From what I had been told I had formed an opinion that but few birds existed in all Argentina. On the contrary, there seem to be more forms here than in Nebraska. (over
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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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