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| Letter Reference | Smuts A1/187/80 |
| Archive | National Archives Repository, Pretoria |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 24 January 1902 |
| Address From | Hanover, Northern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Isie Smuts nee Krige |
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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 Isie Smuts nee Krige, 24 January 1902, National Archives Repository, Pretoria, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.
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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 Special Collections.
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Hanover
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Jan 24 / 02
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Dear Isie
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The little shawl for the head will do just as well in fact I only
7: didn’t want a very bright colour. Thank you so much dear I shall
8: value it so. Crochet is just as nice as knitting to me.
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Do write again soon & let me know how you are. It is such joy to me to
11: see your handwriting.
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I am so glad Ella is able to get on well with her studies.
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A friend of mine here is very poor & is expecting a little Baby & if
16: when you have time some day you would make a tiny little thing, a pair
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18: prize it greatly as having been made by you. She is a woman you would
19: love if you knew her. I am going out tomorrow to buy some little bits
20: of stuff for dresses for it. // Cron & I are both well, but my heart
21: has been bad again the last two weeks.
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Good bye. I was so thankful to hear you were all well. Love to Ella.
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Olive
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