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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Marcia Bruner, 1897, Oct. 3
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Alternative Title
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Lawrence Bruner Letters, 1897
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Date
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1897, Oct. 3
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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, "Your two letters of August 8th and 15th were awaiting me on my return from Paraguay."
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Identifier
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081210-1897-024c
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Transcription
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I don't know where she gets her nervousness from.
It was certainly very kind of Governor Furnas to send you a pass to the State Fair and to write you such a nice letter. Hope that you took advantage of the offer of the State Board if you went up to the fair just to show your appreciation of their interest in your wellfare during my absence in a foreign land. They could well afford to be obliging to you for what I have done for them in the way of report writing and other entomological work. I am trying to get a pair of steer horns in this country for Furnas who is making a collection of them, and I hope to be able to find something extra fine.
By the way I see in the papers here that Consul Baker's son who is in Lincoln, Nebraska has been appointed as his father's successor here in Argentina. Maybe you knew this at the time and have seen him before he left for South America.
I do not know whether I will go to Bolivia or not. It is getting rather late now, and then too the time for actual study has arrived and must remain where I can learn the most. Although the trip would be a hard one to take and quite disagreeable in many ways I should like
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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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