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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Georgiana Solomon MSC 26/2.13.5 |
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Lettercard |
| Letter Date | Wednesday 29 May 1918 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Address To | Clarensville, Patterson Road, Hampstead, London |
| Who To | Georgiana Solomon |
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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 Georgiana Solomon, 29 May 1918, 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 lettercard, which is part of its Special Collections. The date of this letter-card is provided by the postmark and the address it was sent to is on its front. Schreiner was resident at Porchester Place from early April 1917 until August 1920, when she left Britain for South Africa.
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Dear Mrs Solomon
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There is a little gathering at my doctors Dr Ettie Sayer
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35 Upper Brooke St
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Park Lane. Where a man who has lived in Egypt is to read a paper on
6: the natives of Egypt in whom he he much interested. Would you be well
7: enough to come, I fear not? But if you or Daisy or her friend would
8: care to come the meeting is at 5 on Saturday & no 16 bus puts you down
9: almost at her door. I & Miss Molteno will be there.
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My best love to you
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Olive Schreiner
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Wednesday morning.
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