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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Miscellaneous: Dr Wilson MSB 834/1.4.7 |
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 21 July 1907 |
| Address From | Rossyvera, Norfolk Road, Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Mrs Wilson |
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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 Mrs Wilson, 21 July 1907, NLSA Cape Town, Special Collections, 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 Library of South Africa (NLSA), Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections. This letter is a photocopy; the original cannot be traced.
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Rossyvera
2: Norfolk Rd
3: Sea Point
4: July 21st 1907
5:
6: My dear Mrs Wilson
7:
8: I was so glad to get the good news that your little one had come
9: safely to you. I did hope for your sake it would have been a little
10: girl, but I know he will fill all your heart so there will soon be no
11: room for feeling sorry. I am so glad to hear he is strong & healthy.
12: It will be nice to see you about when I come back to Hanover; You have
13: had such a weary long wait.
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15: I am having a very very happy time here. I will ill the first
16: fortnight but am much better now.
17:
18: Please thank Dr Wilson for his note. I hope I shall hear further good
19: news of you & the little son.
20:
21: Yours affectly
22: Olive Schreiner
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