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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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081210-1897-038a
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Transcription
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entire week the weather had been suffocatingly hot, the thermometer having ranged near the 100 point. It is just as uncomfortably hot now as it was uncomfortably cold in the winter. It is now quite damp and sultry making the heat more oppressive.
On Friday the newspapers printed a preliminary report on the locust that I sent in to the president of the commission. It is printed in Spanish, English and German and very likely also in the French and Italian papers too. I will send you a clipping in one of the languages that you can understand. Save it.
During the coming week I may go down to Buenos Aires again to see if I can find an artist to make drawings to illustrate my report. Will then try to find my Xmas package which you write that you sent to me some time ago. Up to the present I have heard nothing of it. This country is simply abominable in the way of loosing mail and other packages. Whether stolen or merely "lost", it matters but little since they fail to reach the consignee. Nearly everybody who has sent or received parcels has lost more or less in this way.
It is now but about 2 months till I can start for home and 3 till I will be there if all goes well. How good it seems to think of being home again.
For some reason or other there seems to be absolutely nothing to write about today, so I am afraid that my letter will be rather shorter than usual this time. I will try to make up for this in my next if possible.
Hope that you are all well, and that you are not suffering too severely from the cold while I am sweating in heat.
When you receive this letter you will not be able to answer it for before the reply could reach me I may be half way home.
Good bye, kiss to each of the girls, baby included as well as yourself.
Yours, Lawrence Bruner
It does not seem at all like Christmas when everything is so warm and green. I might write a little on this theme, but will desist. I want something new to tell you when I see you therefore I do not dare to write everything in advance.
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Rights
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