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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box1/Fold3/1896/22 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Wednesday 5 August 1896 |
| Address From | The Homestead, Kimberley, Northern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Betty Molteno |
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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 Betty Molteno, 5 August 1896, UCT Manuscripts & Archives, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.
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 has been written on this letter in an unknown hand. The name of the addressee is indicated by salutation and content. Schreiner was resident in Kimberley from early August 1894 to November 1898.
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Wednesday – 5th 1896
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My dear Friend
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Thank you much for your letter. I have not written because I’ve been
6: ill. We leave for the Kowie on Sunday afternoon getting there on
7: Tuesday morning.
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We may be there a week or we may be there a month. Couldn’t you &
10: Miss Green run up for a couple of days. It’s so happy there, you
11: need wear no clothes just go about in your bathing dress as soon as
12: you get out of sight of the houses. Cron & I never have our clothes on.
13: That’s my idea of bliss!!
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Good bye. Love to you both & many thanks for your letter. Does
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Olive
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I only got out of bed day before yesterday
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