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| Letter Reference | Aletta Jacobs Papers AHJ/298 |
| Archive | Aletta, International Archives for the Women’s Movement, Amsterdam |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 11 June 1920 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Address To | Van Aerssenstraat 46, The Hague, Holland |
| Who To | Aletta Jacobs |
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| Legend |
Olive Schreiner’s letters to Aletta Jacobs are part of the International Archives for the Women’s Movement collections, to whom thanks are due for access to the microfilm of the Aletta Jacobs Papers. The date of this postcard is provided by the partly illegible postmark. The address the postcard was sent to is on its front. Schreiner returned to South Africa in mid August 1920.
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1Dear Dr Jacobs It is so long since I had any news of you.
2
3I am leaving for South Africa on the 13th of August as I cannot face
4another winter here. Is there any hope of our ever seeing you in South
5Africa again? Things are dear there but not so dear as here & there is
6sunshine
7
8Do drop me a line
9Yours ever
10Olive Schreiner
11
129 Porchester Place
13Edgware Rd
14London
15
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3I am leaving for South Africa on the 13th of August as I cannot face
4another winter here. Is there any hope of our ever seeing you in South
5Africa again? Things are dear there but not so dear as here & there is
6sunshine
7
8Do drop me a line
9Yours ever
10Olive Schreiner
11
129 Porchester Place
13Edgware Rd
14London
15