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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Marcia Bruner, 1897, Dec. 26
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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. 26
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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, "It is now the day after Xmas, and I hope that you all enjoyed yourselves..."
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Identifier
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081210-1897-038
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Transcription
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Dec. 26 1897
Dear Marcia and Girls:
It is now the day after Xmas, and I hope that you all enjoyed yourself even if I wasn't at home to share the pleasures with you. Although so far away from home my Christmas was not so dull as it might have been. I was invited to dinner by Mrs. and Mr. James who have been so good to me ever since I came to the country. Then too, Christmas Eve I was invited to a little entertainment held at the hotel. Schneiders are Germans but are like us North American people. They believe in observing the day by having appropriate songs and music along with a tree and presents. Of course I remembered the children in the way of cards and it pleased them. On the previous day also I was at an Xmas tree on a large estancia about 40 miles form here. The name of the estancia is "La California" and is the property of the Benect brothers — U.S. citizens who came to this country years ago from California. This estancia is one of the best in the country and contains about 17,280 acres — all under cultivation, being planted to alfalfa. Just how much stock there is I cannot say. But I was told that they had about 11,000 sheep, besides large numbers of both cattle and horses. They also have 5 other estancias over the Republic. On one of these there are more than 25,000 head of cattle, and it is only a "suplly station" to the home estancia. The main estancia is a model and the finest place yet visited by me here in the country. The house and buldings are good and excellently kept; and the poeple as hospitable as can be found. They have lots of curiousities of the country all of which I will tell you about when I return home.
Our dinner was excellent. Turkey, goose, chicken salad, mashed potatoes, barley soup, bread, butter, candy, cake, ice cream &c & besides claret, water, coffee and wine. There were 13 in all — just the number that seems to occur so often when I am about. But I wore my opal as usual. It was no dress affair though all the men happened to wear their black clothes because it was quite cool — a pampero having come up in the forenoon and a very heavy rain. The day before, in fact for an
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Rights
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