"Terrible blow fallen on me about Cronwright-Schreiner & an action against him" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | T120 (M722): W.T. Stead Papers/42- pages 173-176 |
| Archive | National Archives Depot, Pretoria |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Monday 5 July 1897 |
| Address From | Morley’s Hotel, Trafalgar Square, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | William Thomas Stead |
| Other Versions | |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the National Archives Repository, Pretoria, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Micofilm Collections. This letter is by and from Olive Schreiner, with Cronwright-Schreiner acting as her amanuensis or secretary. Schreiner was very briefly in Broadstairs in early July 1897, returning to Morley’s Hotel on the night of Sunday 4 July, thus the dating of the letter.
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1Monday
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3Dear Mr. Stead,
4
5My wife asks me to say she should like to meet you. Her health has
6been and is so bad (the English climate not suiting her) that she may
7have to return to the Cape very soon. In any case our movements are
8uncertain. She would not like to leave without having met you.
9Politics as touching South Africa can be avoided if you wish it.
10
11We went to Broadstairs on Saturday, hoping she might be better there,
12but she had asthma so severely that we had to return last night. She
13is better today, but our stay here is uncertain; so perhaps, if it
14suits you, you will arrange a meeting as soon as possible.
15
16Yours very truly,
17S.C. Cronwright Schreiner
18
19W.T. Stead Esq
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2
3Dear Mr. Stead,
4
5My wife asks me to say she should like to meet you. Her health has
6been and is so bad (the English climate not suiting her) that she may
7have to return to the Cape very soon. In any case our movements are
8uncertain. She would not like to leave without having met you.
9Politics as touching South Africa can be avoided if you wish it.
10
11We went to Broadstairs on Saturday, hoping she might be better there,
12but she had asthma so severely that we had to return last night. She
13is better today, but our stay here is uncertain; so perhaps, if it
14suits you, you will arrange a meeting as soon as possible.
15
16Yours very truly,
17S.C. Cronwright Schreiner
18
19W.T. Stead Esq
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