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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Marcia Bruner, 1897, Aug. 29
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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. 29
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Creator
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Lawrence Bruner
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Description
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Handwritten 10 page letter from Lawrence Bruner to Marcia Bruner, "Since I am way off here 'measly 100 miles from nowhere'..."
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Identifier
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081210-1897-020a
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Transcription
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caraña where I hope to find a letter or two awating me from home.
Cruz del Eje, Argentina S. A.
August 29th 1897
Dear Marcia:–
Since I am way off here "nearly 100 miles from nowhere" and it is Sunday I will begin a letter to you. If most that I write is descriptive and nonsense you must pardon me, for there is nothing else to write about. I was in Cordoba and certain large grasshoppers were shown to me — 'hoppers nearly or quite as long as the width of this sheet of paper, and the person who showed them to me said they came from "Cruz del Eje." He said that there was a swarm of them there and that they had done much damage. Of course this to me was something quite new. The insect in question is a strictly tropical animal & its native home according to the books in Ecuador and Peru; therefore I came at once to this place to see for myself. Here I am, but there are no large grasshoppers to be found, and no one seems to know much about them. It appears that a Mr. Smith found several specimens at a water tank of one of the two railway stations in the town and sent them to Cordoba. From this grew the great tale about a large swarm and great damage.
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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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