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

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Date

1894-07-29

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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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man000853
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    man000853. 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/d15t3kc18

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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 July 29, 1894.
    Letter is spotted and stained in certain areas.
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    Bunkerville
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    th
    July 29 ,
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    Miss. Mary E. Syphus
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    Pacnaca Nev
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    Dear Friend,-
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    After one week of studying
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    and thinking I have made
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    up my mind to write,
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    at least.
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    Your ever kind
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    and welcome letter was
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    recd. last monday, was
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    very pleased to hear
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    from you so promptly and
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    to learn that you would
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    welcome me to your
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    happy home. You said that
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    I bout crowded my visit
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    off my last letter, so I
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    will be like yourself in that
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    I will begin on that subj.
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    and perhaps I might end
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    there. The only thing you
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    wanted to know was
    when I would start, and
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    as I can't tell definately
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    I suppose you will still be
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    left in a quandary. I am
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    happy to say I have made
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    up my mind to start
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    some itirtie this, week/' just.
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    as soon as we can get our
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    thrashing done, when they
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    will comence I have not yet
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    learned. However do not
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    look for me this week for
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    it will take me about a week
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    to get there after I start.
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    as I will have a horse that
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    hasent been rode but very
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    little. he is apt to give
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    out on me, or else scatter
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    me out on the desert.
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    Do not get nervous until
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    you see me coming for
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    your happy moment
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    may continue sometime before
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    I get there
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    I wish you were here
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    awhile, long enoug to chace
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    yourself around in the
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    vineyard and sample a
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    few of mothers grapes, I
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    do not know how I
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    would get along if I did
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    not have the grape patch
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    to run to several times a
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    day
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    The weather has been
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    very warm the last few weeks.
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    Last night we had a very
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    heavy shower which lasted
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    for a few minutes, but
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    seemed to br?/ten things up
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    considerable
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    Dear fried you must
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    pardon me if I have
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    set the time sooner than
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    you anticipated. You will
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    think of a great deal to say
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    in a short time for I do
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    not think I can stay longer
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    than till you get tired.
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    I will conclude now
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    and tell you the balance
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    when we meet. With kind
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