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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Marcia Bruner, 1898, Jan. 9
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Alternative Title
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Lawrence Bruner Letters, 1897
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Date
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1898, Jan. 9
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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, "Your letter of Nov. 28th has reached me during…"
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Identifier
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081210-1898-040
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Transcription
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Dear Marcia:-
Your letter of Nov. 28th has reached me during the week, so you see I know what has been going on at home up to that time at least. Then too, I have had State Journals of as late a date as November theh 26th. The mails service are sufficiently good so that at least three out of five papers reach their destination some time if not right away. Letters are a little better cared for because, so far as I know, none of them have gone astray; but of course I have no means of letting just what letters have been written to me. My Xmas package has not yet made an appearance here at Carcaraña at least. Whether or not it has arrived in Buenos Aires and is at the U.S. Legation I cannot say. Since robbing the mail or express is no crime in this country, save when committed by a foreigner or against a Spaniard there is but little chance of recovery when things "go astray." When addressed by some high official they are somewhat protected, but otherwise not.
While reading your letter in which you complain about the cold I was sweating so it was almost impossible to keep from blotting it where my fingers touched the writing. Today, however, is more endurable since early this morning the wind shifted to the south, and since the sky has been cloudy. It has rained a little all fore noon and still looks as though there might be more during the evening and to-night. Hope that we will have a good rain so as to lay the dust and brighten up the vegetation that was beginning to wilt considerably. Although the thermometer does not soar quite as high here as it sometimes does in Nebraska the heat seems to be more steady and debilitating. There are so many sultry nights — a feature not very prevalent in Nebraska. But the time is passing so very rapidly that almost before I know of it the six or seven weeks will have passed and I will be on my way home.
Have been hard at work during the week on my final report, and with good luck will have it finished and ready for the printer in three more weeks. Well then
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