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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Psyche Bruner, 1897, Sept. 14
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Alternative Title
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Lawrence Bruner Letters, 1897
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Date
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1897, Sept. 14
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Creator
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Lawrence Bruner
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Description
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Handwritten 4 page letter from Lawrence Bruner to Psyche Bruner, "Just a week ago today I wrote a letter (to Mamma) from Carcarañá..."
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Identifier
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081210-1897-022d
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Transcription
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the wheat. Then too, the birds, small mammals, lizards, toads and other enemies will have so reduced their numers that only a "corporal's gaurd" will be remaining. To-day some of the locusts were flying across the river and thousands had fallen in and were drifiting with the current oceanward to feed the fishes.
When I return from this trip I expect to begin spreading disease among the swarms in various parts of the Republic. I will have three distinct diseases for trial. One from here, another from home, and the third from South Africa.
When I started this letter I had thought that I would make it descriptive, but I have changed my plan, and will write a description of the trip from Asuncion, Paraguay on Sunday.
I am quite well and feel much like work now. Besides obtaining all the locust news possible while in Paraguay and the adjoining portions of Argentina on the opposite side of the river I want to make a good collection of insects for myself and the Univ. of Nebr.
Hope that this letter will find all of you quite well.
Yours & c.
Lawrence Bruner
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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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