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| Letter Reference | Steyn Papers: Emily Hobhouse (Olive Schreiner) 156/3/12/1 |
| Archive | Free State Archives Repository, Bloemfontein |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 7 July 1903 |
| Address From | Uitkyk, Northern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Emily Hobhouse |
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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 Emily Hobhouse, 7 July 1903, Free State Archives Repository, Bloemfontein, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.
Legend
The Project is grateful to the Free State Archives Repository for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of their collections. This letter exists in the form of a handwritten copy made by Emily Hobhouse; the original cannot be traced. Either this letter or that dated 29 September 1903 is misdated, as content indicates that Hobhouse's visit to Schreiner, referred to in this letter, had not taken place when the other letter was written.
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From Olive Schreiner
2: Copy
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4: P.O. Uitkyk
5: July 7, 1903
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7: Dear Miss Hobhouse,
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9: I have been waiting to write to you till I could tell you the
10: washing-machine was safely bought and enclose a note of thanks from
11: Mrs N.- herself.
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13: But matters are not quite arranged yet as the other woman won't sell
14: us her machine, and we have to order one from England as the kind Mrs
15: N.- has set her heart upon is not to be got here.
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17: It was a great pleasure to me to meet you: not only as one who has
18: done so much for our women, but in yourself even more. It seemed like
19: a bit of my old past coming back to me. I hope that it has not tired
20: you very much to travel about. I never forget how pale you got
21: suddenly that evening as you were sitting by the window; but I know
22: you will have met with loving friends everywhere. I hope I will see
23: you again some time.
24:
25: Yours ever,
26: Olive Schreiner
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