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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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081210-1897-020g
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Transcription
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I thought that perhaps 6 pages would be enough, but they are not as you see.
It was right for you to take the girl along with you if she proves to be of any account, and I hope that she may. As long as I am earning a fair salary it is perfectly proper that you should save yourself all you can in the way of housework.
Start a fire in a small stove at least just as soon as the nights begin to be too cool for comfort. Do not try to save on fuel. Don't use soft coal in the stoves so as to fill chimneys with soot & render them possible of taking fire. If you think it necessary have the flues examined before starting fires. Then too, be careful about coal gas. (I am giving lots of advice –– just like father does).
Should Seba need some money, and you have it to share let her have it. She has always gone out of the way to give us some when we even hinted that it could be made use of if we had it. I can draw my wages monthly but must always keep about $250 on hand so as to advance the necessary amount for expenses for at least a month or 6 weeks. And I cannot always tell just how much will be required for I don't know just what I will do or where be o–
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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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