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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box1/Fold2/1893/1 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 9 January 1893 |
| Address From | Ganna Hoek, Halesowen, Eastern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Frances (‘Fan’) Schreiner nee Reitz |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to Manuscripts and Archives, University of Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The notepaper this letter is written on is torn and there are several words missing in the final paragraph.
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Ganna Hoek
2 Jan 9 / 93
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4 Dear Fan
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6 I guess you ^are^ very happy having your old man back again. How does he
7seem? Did he enjoy his trip. I’ve not any news of any of you for so
8long. How is Ursula’s face? Did Olly know his Dad. I leave tomorrow
9morning for Cookhouse where old Mr Webber is to fetch me to Lily Kloof,
10 & I reach Grahamstown to Friday. Everyone is so good & kind & loving
11to me to me here. They would quite spoil me if I were to stay here
12long.
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14 Good bye dear old sis.
15 Olive
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17 P.S. I send you a note of Maud’s in which she mentions you. Please
18be very nice to her when you meet her. She’s so lo out of health &
19depressed, & she’s taken such a great fancy to you from the moment
20she saw you.
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22 Lady Loch tells me Will is [wordmissing] stout! He the worthless
23 [wordsmissing] does not report himself [wordmissing]
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2 Jan 9 / 93
3
4 Dear Fan
5
6 I guess you ^are^ very happy having your old man back again. How does he
7seem? Did he enjoy his trip. I’ve not any news of any of you for so
8long. How is Ursula’s face? Did Olly know his Dad. I leave tomorrow
9morning for Cookhouse where old Mr Webber is to fetch me to Lily Kloof,
10 & I reach Grahamstown to Friday. Everyone is so good & kind & loving
11to me to me here. They would quite spoil me if I were to stay here
12long.
13
14 Good bye dear old sis.
15 Olive
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17 P.S. I send you a note of Maud’s in which she mentions you. Please
18be very nice to her when you meet her. She’s so lo out of health &
19depressed, & she’s taken such a great fancy to you from the moment
20she saw you.
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22 Lady Loch tells me Will is [wordmissing] stout! He the worthless
23 [wordsmissing] does not report himself [wordmissing]
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