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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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081210-1898-040a
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Transcription
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only have the proof to read before my mission is finished in this country. Will be glad too, when it is finished. The year's work will have been one of the hardest that I have ever done, though very much less satisfactory to me than I would have liked. The everlasting slow methods of the country, as well as the proneness of putting off till tomorrow what should and could just as well as not be done today, has hampered me very much indeed. There will still remain some of the most important things to be solved. These could have been, at least some of them, settled just as well as not had not the above mentioned features been in the way. Then too, I am more or less disappointed in the collections of insects that I have been able to get together fot bringing along home. Much country that should have been visited was not because of the failure of the railway officials to send the passes in time to be of any use. Even as I write, I should have at least a half dozen new passes, whereas I have but one. Before I can intelligently report on the possible failure of the locust problem in this country I must visit the region bordering the Andes. Since I have been told not to spend any money for railway passes. I am practically tied up in my work. If I do not recieve these desired passes by tomorrow's mail I will go to Buenos Aires on Tuesday to hurry up matters a little. Why, up to this time they have not given me any artist to illustrate my report. But I shall not stop in the country a day longer on this account. If there are no drawings ready I will hand the report in without them. If the report is not a good one it will be on account of the lack of the proper cooperation on the part of the Commission.
My man is sitting outside of the door as I write playing an accordian. He has been playing the same time for the past half hour without stopping for breath. The tune seems to be a sort of gallop judging by the time. He plays at dances quite frequently and seems to be the favorite dance music manufacturer in the town. I feel sorry for the people who are obliged to dance and listen to the others.
Hope that you are well and not freezing during this hot January weather. Also trust that you will be quite well when this letter finds its way to Lincoln.
Will continue to write every Sunday up to a week before I start for home. Will then telegraph
Good bye. Lawrence Bruner.
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