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| Letter Reference | HRC/OliveSchreinerUncatLetters/OS-TFisherUnwin/54 |
| Archive | Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 25 June 1897 |
| Address From | 61 Chester Square, Westminster, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | T. Fisher Unwin |
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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 T. Fisher Unwin, 25 June 1897, Harry Ransom Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.
Legend
The Project is grateful to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscript Collections. This letter is by and from Olive Schreiner, with Cronwright-Schreiner acting as her amanuensis or secretary. The letter is on printed headed notepaper. The translation concerns Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland.
1: 61, Chester Square, S.W.
2: 25. June. 97
3:
4: Dear Mr Unwin,
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6: Thanks for your note of yesterday.
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8: Mrs Schreiner says will you please make terms with some German firm
9: about the translation on the lines you suggest: namely, selling the
10: rights & forwarding her the amount less your 10 p.c. commission. As to
11: the amount to be asked, she leaves that to you, only stipulating that
12: the payment shall be a cash one. She has done nothing at all in the
13: matter, not having been well enough. She has no other letters.
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15: I saw Mr Batler, of Cradock, who promised to call & see you.
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17: In haste
18: Yours very truly,
19: S.C. Cronwright Schreiner
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