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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Psyche Bruner, 1897, Dec. 5
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Alternative Title
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Lawrence Bruner Letters, 1897
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Date
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1897, Dec. 5
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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, "According to promise I now site down to write you a letter from a point nearly..."
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Identifier
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081210-1897-036c
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Transcription
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and even 100 or 150 miles further south. They have come a full 1000 miles since they began flying at the close of winter. They have scattered out over the country so much now that I think they will not do much damages, and he birds will eat very large quantities of them. There are very many more birds down south here than there are around Buenos Aires, Rosario and There are fewer people to kill them off. I used to think that the boys and men in Nebraska were just about as bad as could be towards the birds, but they are not. The Argentinians can beat them a long ways. They not only kill the birds but everything else that has life just to see them squirm and wriggle when they die. It is terrible to think of it! There is a new line of railroad being built towards the Andes to the southwest from here. I think that I will go out to the end before I return to Buenos Aires. It extends to and across the Rio Colorado a dozen or more miles. It passes through sand hills something like those in Nebraska but they have springs on their tops. In fact, it is these springs that have made the hills. The sand blows around a great deal, but where the springs are it cannot blow. So the hills are made. How funny to go on top of the highest hills in a sandy country to find water.
I will try to write you another letter in a month or so — maybe I will write to you from Chile. Good bye
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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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