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| Letter Reference | Findlay Family A1199/1203 |
| Archive | William Cullen Library, Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 1 March 1874 |
| Address From | Hertzog, Eastern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Catherine ('Katie') Findlay nee Schreiner |
| Other Versions | Rive 1987: 11-12 |
The manuscript of this letter by Olive Schreiner belongs to the Archive referenced above; its ownership of the original should be acknowledged by referencing the letter as indicated: Copyright transcription: © Olive Schreiner Letters Project. This transcription can be freely used as long as copyright is acknowledged and it is referenced using the following citation: ‘Olive Schreiner to Catherine ('Katie') Findlay nee Schreiner, 1 March 1874, William Cullen Library Historical Papers, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.
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The Project is grateful to the William Cullen Library, University of Johannesburg, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Historical Papers.
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Hertzog
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March 1st 1874
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My dearest Katie.
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I have a very bad thumb & can hardly hold my pen but I must try &
7: write my dear sister a few lines. I arrived here about ten o'clock
8: having been about eight days on the way. I would have enjoyed the
9: journey very much had it not been that I lost my portmanteau at Algoa
10: Bay with almost every thing I have in the world, letters, likenesses,
11: clothes. Of course they were not worth so very much but the poor mans
12: all is as much to him as the rich mans.
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Papa & Mamma are not looking very well & they are very hard up - do
15: not see meat often for a week & do not have too much bread. They have
16: nothing to live on but what you & Theo give them & now food is so dear
17: they find it hard to manage. Poor Papa has hardly any clothes but some
18: old things of Willie's. Of course I must get something to do at once &
19: am writing this afternoon to a lady who I know wants a governess. I
20: hope I shall hear by next week's post that she is willing to have me.
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I hope you are all well. Give my love to the dear little people & John
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& believe me dearest Katie ever to be
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Your most loving little sister
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Olive Schreiner
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PS Mamma sends much love & many thanks for the money & will write next
28: week.
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Notation
Rive's (1987) version of this letter is in a number of respects incorrect.
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