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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Marcia Bruner, 1897, Nov. 21
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Alternative Title
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Lawrence Bruner Letters, 1897
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Date
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1897, Nov. 21
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Creator
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Lawrence Bruner
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Description
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Handwritten 2 page letter from Lawrence Bruner to Marcia Bruner, "I was glad to receive your and Seba's letters, and also that from Mr. Doone..."
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Identifier
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081210-1897-032b
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Transcription
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I have made some inquiry about native made cloth and find that aside from a few woolen blankets no other kind of cloth is woven in the country so that your plan about a collection of pillows or cushions from Argentine cloth will go glimmering. May be able however to get you something that will answer for a sort of substitute in the way of decorations. Expect anyway that is a very short time you will wish that I had left most everything that I have gathered here in the countries where it was made. That is usually the way with most things I do bring home. Dishes too, are as scarce down here as is native cloth — everything is imported. The Spaniards are too good to work, they are politicians — only the halfbreeds and "gringoes" are fit to work. The consequence is as above. But I don't care to find too much fault with the people. They do the best according to their understanding and the way they look at things.
I cannot tell you very much about my movements for the next few weeks, but about the 1st of the year I have planned to visit Chile. In the meanwhile I must be governed more or less by circumstances and the "sweet will" of the Commission for which I am working. When they furnish me with certain passes for which I have asked I will visit parts of the country necessary to be seen in order to report intelligently on the locusts. Three weeks now since I asked for passes and they have not yet arrived. If they do come it may be too late to do any good Oh! , what a troublesome word it is in this country. Fully as bad as the word "if" at home.
It pleases me to see how you have made the money reach that I have sent from time to time. By next spring we will have nearly all the debts cancelled if all goes well. Just to think of it makes me feel quite rich even down here so far away from home. We can then fix up a little more about the house and yard. Can build a bath house, fence &c and have things like other people.
Why Mr. Hunter doesn't write occassionally and send me an occasional word about affairs at the Uni. I cannot comprehend. I would very much liked to have seen a copy of my report on Nebraska locusts that I finished for the State Agr. Rept. just before leaving home. There is scarcely time now unless the mails make extra good connections. Then too, not a bit of Locust Fungus has reached me from North America, and I did so much want some to introduce in certain parts of this country where I feel quite sure it would work well.
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Rights
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