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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Marcia Bruner, 1897, Aug. 5
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Alternative Title
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Lawrence Bruner Letters, 1897
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Date
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1897, Aug. 5
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Creator
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Lawrence Bruner
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Description
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Handwritten 6 page letter from Lawrence Bruner to Marcia Bruner, "I have just received your letter that is dates 'West Point, June 26th'..."
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Identifier
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081210-1897-016b
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Transcription
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I sent you $600 on June 8th which I trust you had no difficulty in getting. But in case you had, I now send you $400 by "sight draft" on New York. The rate of bank exchange is so high that I tried to save it in my former sending. It is .05 1/2 percent — percent $33. on $600. The way I sent it there was no exchange.
Now, as to what to use this money for. If you paid the N. York Life Ins. $26.84 Northwestern Life Ins. (Mockett's) $52.89 policies; Mr. Loveland's note ($100 and Int); Doane College$10, Children's Home $10, Youth's Companion $1.75, and R. Halsted Ward's interest ($34.00), there still remain the following debts, viz.
Loan on House (due May 1 1899) $850
"Nannie" Frankish (you paid interest) 275
Ella Westfall (Sept. 30-1897) at 8 op. 300
Seba Dewall $100 les taxes 1.48 & 15.00 83.52
N.Y. Life Ins. Premium Aug. 12 1897 26.84
N.W. Life " " (Mockett & Sons) Dec.8 52.89
and the subscription to Plymouth Church whatever that is and if the full amount has been subscribed so that we will be out of debt for the present.
We had ought to get out of debt entirely save the $850 on the house and even save some towards that — this of course if no sickness or other bad luck should
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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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