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Letter (no envelope) from John M. Bunker, Bunkerville, Nevada to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

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Date

1894-06-29

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From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.

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man000844
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    man000844. Syphus-Bunker Papers, 1891-1994. MS-00169. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d16t0m84z

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    English

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    Letter (no envelope) from John M. Bunker, Bunkerville, Nevada to Mary E. Syphus, Panaca, Nevada, dated June 29, 1894.
    I am on the committee.
    Bunkerville Nev
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    June 29, 1894
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    Miss Mary E. Syphus;
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    Panacea, Nev.
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    Dear Friend Mary:-
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    I now take a few moments
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    to answer your ever welcome
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    letter which was recd. a short
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    time ago. It seemed quite
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    natural to get a letter from
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    you written from home.
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    I hardly know what to
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    write about every thing is
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    so quiet besides my mind
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    is so empty. Since coming
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    home, I have been quite buisy
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    but we have most of the rush
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    of our work over now.
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    We are expecting to have a
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    Page 2
    fine time on the Fourth of July
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    I think you will readily agree
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    with me, when you learn that
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    Francis starts to Milford in
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    about a week, so I will have
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    plenty to do then. If I could
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    find a job I would go off to
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    work untill school started.
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    I imagine you will be
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    surprised to hear that I am
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    calculating to go back
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    for you will be like all the
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    rest of the folks, will think
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    I have got quite enough
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    schooling. I believe I will change
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    my mind I think you the last
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    person to be like the rest of the
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    people
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    I recd a short letter from
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    Levi a short time ago he said
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    he had heard that I had got
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    home, and wished me to
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    come down and prospect in
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    Cedar Basin, he thought
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    it better than Monkey Bench
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    or White hills. I would have
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    been pleased to have gone had
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    I any way of going or had I
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    of had less to do just then
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    The thrasher is running
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    Page 3
    a little to day. Most of the
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    people in town are out of flour
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    They will not do all the thrashing
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    for some time yet.
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    I think I have about exausted
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    the farm news and as there
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    is no other I think I will have
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    to conclude.
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    May these few scratches
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    find you well and happy.
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    With love and best wishes for
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    a fly (?) time on the Fourth
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    I remain as ever your
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    sincere friend.
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    J.M.B.
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