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Letter and portion of envelope from Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada to John M. Bunker, Eldorado Canyon, Lincoln Co., Nevada

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Creator

Creator: Syphus, Mary Etta, 1871-1895

Date

1891-01-18

Description

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

Digital ID

man000752

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d13f4q12w
Details

Subject

Reservoirs--Design and construction
Sabbath schools
Dressmaking

Time Period

1890s (1890 - 1899)

Place

Panaca
Clover Valley

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

correspondence

Member of

Correspondence between Mary Etta Syphus and John M. Bunker, correspondence to Mary Etta Syphus from friends and family, invitations and announcements, 1891-1895, 1947

Archival Collection

Syphus-Bunker Papers

Citation

man000752. 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/d13f4q12w

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Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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Letter from Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada to John M. Bunker, El Dorado Canyon, Nevada dated January 13, 1391. (4 pp.)

Envelope fragment postmarked Panaca, Nev., Jan. 19, 1891 addressed to Mr. John M. Bunker,

El Dorado Canyon,

Lincoln Co., Nev.

 

Panaca, Nev.,

 

Jan. 13, 1391

 

Mr. John M. Bunker,

 

El Dorado Canyon

 

Nev.

 

Dear Erlend:- Your very wel-

 

come letter was duely received

 

and it is with pleasure that

 

I write in reply to the same.

I was sorry to hear that you

 

had such a dull time and

 

the mumps into the bargain

 

but I can sympathize with

 

you for I have had that

 

complaint myself.

 

Ma has been quite sick for

 

several days but is much better

 

today. Sam and little Harry

have not been well for a week.

 

They have bad colds and con-

 

fever.

siderable leaver. The rest of us

 

are well at present and I hope

 

this will find you enjoying.

 

good health.

I have been to sabbath-school

 

today and aught to went to

church but the wind was

 

blowing and I was to lazy

to venture out, but am going 

to conjoint to night. I am 

just going to tell you every little 

simple thing I can think of 

so you must make up your 

mind for it. 

 

Last Thursday night I was out 

to a candy-pulling and on 

Friday night we had a social 

p© hop in the school-house. 

Of course we all had a lovely

time. A buggy load of the 

young folks have just returned 

from Clover Valley where they 

went to attend a party. Some

of the people here, namely: Wads-

worth’s, Lee’s, Edwardes’s and 

Syphus’s, are constructing a 

on reservoir ©f the west side of town. 

 

Prom twelve to fourteen teams

have been working for two weeks, and it will take about

 

a month yet to complete it.

 

I am going to work in ernest

 

to-morrow for I have about

 

three weeks work, at dress-mak-

 

ing, that must be done before

 

I can do anything else.

 

I do not have very much spare

time now Clara is attending

school. She is sitting with me

now writing a composition

I suppose you know what 

a task that is. I will have 

to conclude for it is now 

supper time. Please write when 

ever you can. I will always 

he glad to hear from you. 

With kind regards I remain 

truly your friend M. E. Syphus.