Letter and envelope from John M Bunker, St. Thomas, Nevada to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Letter and envelope (with stamp) from John M. Bunker, St. Thomas Nevada, to Mary E. Syphus, Panaca, Nevada, dated December 2, 1894.
Envelope addressed:
Miss, Mary E, Syphus Panaca Nev Lincoln Co.
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St Thomas
Nev
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Dec. 2,
1894
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Miss, Mary E. Syphus;
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Panaca Nev,
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Dear Mary,-
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Another week has passed
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and gone and I find myself
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trying to write to you.
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Your ever kind and
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devoted letter of twenty fifth
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ult. was duely recd, and
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I can assure you I was very
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pleased to hear from you
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once more.
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You will no doubt expect
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to know whether I am coming
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up to spend holidays with
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you or not. I wish I knew
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so I could tell you. There
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is nothing that would please
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me better than# to spend
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holidays with you but it
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seems that every thing is a shaping
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so I will not be able to come
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up. I know that mother
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will be expecting me up alth-
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ough I have not told them
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I was calculating to go.
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She wanted me to go home
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for Thanksgiving but Harry
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and I were so busy fixing
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up to go after lumber that
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I hardly had time. We will
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start inthe morning, bee
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gone about five or six days
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I suppose you have heard
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ere this that Levi has
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left here perhaps he has
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made home before this, he
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started for monekeyrench last
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Sunday. I went to Overton
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to day to church Chrissie
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Elen and Miss Bebey also
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went along. I hardly think
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they will want to go
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with me very soon again for
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I tormented them all the
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J.M.B
time.
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feel
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Julia seems to / quite
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well much better than I
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thought for.
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As it is now leven oclock
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and nothing much to write
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I hope you will excuse me
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if our big sister was down
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here I could find plenty to
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write about
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Harry has been writing
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home so I suppose you
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will hear from Elen whether
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he moves her down this
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winter or not
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Accept of my love dear Mary
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and the many thanks I
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wish to ofer for your invi-
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tation If I can I will come
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With best wishes I remain
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as ever Your Loving
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