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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner MSL/1 |
| Archive | Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, University of Delaware Library |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 6 July 1888 |
| Address From | Roseneath, Harpenden, Hertfordshire |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Dear Sir (a publisher) |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to Mark Samuels Lasner for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which appears with the permission of the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection on loan to the University of Delaware Library. The recipient of the letter was possibly W.T. Stead or Oscar Wilde, as editors to whom Schreiner sent allegories to consider for publication.
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Roseneath
2 Harpenden
3 Herts
4 July 6 / 88
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6 Dear Sir,
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8 I enclose an envelop which I forgot to send when sending the short
9allegory some time ago. Would you kindly return it at once if you do
10not find it suitable, as I wish to send it elsewhere.
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12Yours faithfully,
13Olive Schreiner
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2 Harpenden
3 Herts
4 July 6 / 88
5
6 Dear Sir,
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8 I enclose an envelop which I forgot to send when sending the short
9allegory some time ago. Would you kindly return it at once if you do
10not find it suitable, as I wish to send it elsewhere.
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12Yours faithfully,
13Olive Schreiner
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Notation
The envelope for returning the allegory is no longer attached. The particular allegory Schreiner refers to cannot be established, as she was writing a number at this time.
The envelope for returning the allegory is no longer attached. The particular allegory Schreiner refers to cannot be established, as she was writing a number at this time.