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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box1/Fold2/1895/2 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | May 1895 |
| Address From | The Homestead, Kimberley, Northern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | William Philip ('Will') Schreiner |
| Other Versions | Rive 1987: 251 |
| 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 month and year have been written on this letter in an unknown hand. Schreiner was resident in Kimberley from early August 1894 to November 1898.
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My old Will
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3 Thank you for your letter. It was a help to me. Thank my dear old
4sister Fan for being willing to come to me.
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6 Cron has been very good to me. I should not be alive without him.
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8 Good bye my old Will
9 Olive
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11 Do you know that my little child was just like you Will.
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3 Thank you for your letter. It was a help to me. Thank my dear old
4sister Fan for being willing to come to me.
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6 Cron has been very good to me. I should not be alive without him.
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8 Good bye my old Will
9 Olive
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11 Do you know that my little child was just like you Will.
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Notation
Rive's (1987) version of this letter is in a number of respects incorrect.
Rive's (1987) version of this letter is in a number of respects incorrect.