Letter from Francis M. Bunker and John M. Bunker's Mother, Bunkerville, Nevada to John M. Bunker

Letter from Francis M. Bunker and John Bunker's mother, Bunkerville, Nevada, to John M. Bunker,( ),
dated September 29, 1894.
No envelope.
Bun kerville Nev, Sept 29 1894,
John M. Bunker,
Dear Bro, We recieved your welcome letter in due time to day was glad to here that you got back well]?} was sorry to here that you had such bad luck. We was getting quite worries about you. Mother asked me to write bacuse she was busy washing she says for you to come home as quick as it is ^convient for you or as soon as you are abble. May has been quite sick - for a week or more she isen't able to sit up only a minute
at a time she looks very bad I guess you have heard by this time that there was a new comer in our house two weeks
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ago to day a son we
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named him Neil Joseph,
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Eearl left Monday
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after noon for Salt Lake
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It would have been a good
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chance if you had been here
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but I guess it was all for
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the best for you to be
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die delayed. There might have
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been something worse happened
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Eevey thing is moving along
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soly but I guess every
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thing is all right we will
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comence to t£a cut the
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hay next week The bronks
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got over being lame but he
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has got the destemper now
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George Bunker was called
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to go to Provo to school
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in behalf of the Young Miens
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M.I.A. but I beleve
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he said he couldent go
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or that he couldent rise
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raise the means I bleve
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the schooling is good he
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has to board them him
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self Our corn crop and
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cotton is very good I think we have not got the fence finished yet cant think at aymore
I remain your twin Loving Brother Francis M. B.
My Dear Son
to say that I was uneas^ about you would ve a very feble expr -ssion but thankfull you have got home with your life Mammie has so longed for you to come home. last night she woke me up asked me if said
you had come / she heard you talk
she has wandred so much in her min^ at night Pa & Aunt Emily has gone to Gunlock. Mammie was real sick when he went away, it seemes as though fate has been against us as a family of late for some cause. I had got everything about ready for you to go away with we was very much disapp ointed when you did not get hear the rest
Joseph with / he talked of going to Ogden on a visit, you had better
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come home it may be that the way
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will open up so that you can go yet
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of course it will take more cash
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to take you now. the fare was only
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6 dollars to go to confrence. Samuel
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is going on his misson next month
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he will go to England Francis &
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Rose are her? with me at present
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I do not know how long tha will
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stay, my grape crop is not very
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big this fall we have been so poorl
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we could not take very good care
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of them I think we will have line 24
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with
love
to you my
the mail
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Dear
boy
from Mother
boy has come
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