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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Psyche Bruner, 1902, Feb. 19
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Alternative Title
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Lawrence Bruner Letters, 1897
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Date
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1902, Feb. 19
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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, "Well here we are in the capital city of this southmost…"
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Identifier
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081210-1897-091b
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Transcription
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from those of other Spanish American countries that I have had the pleasure of visiting. There are many more English speaking persons here than is usual, and a large percentage of the laboring class are Jamaica "[redacted]" who speak a sort of "pigeon" English — sometimes developed into a very broad Irish brogue.
Up to the present time we have done but little in the way of collecting specimens, but we have been just as busy as possible looking at things so that we will be better prepared to go to work by "mañana" or "pasada mañana" after meeting the American Minister, American consul and two or three other persons from whom we expect to obtain information of value to us in our work. Then too we want to go to the Museo Nacional where we can see some of the curios as found in different parts of the Republic. By doing this we can decide better where to go and what to look for.
The money of the country is silver, paper and gold. The paper and silver is worth less than half as much as ours. So far we have been able to buy $2.15 for one of our dollars. Will try to bring some of each denomination along home.
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