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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box2/Fold2/July-Dec1899/26 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Wednesday 11 September 1899 |
| Address From | Karree Kloof, Kran Kuil, 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, 11 September 1899, 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.
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Karree Kloof
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Wednesday 11 / 99
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Dear Friend
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I am just writing a long cable of 500 words to the New York Journal,
7: calling on the American people to strengthen the hands of those
8: English in Africa & England who are struggling in the cause of peace &
9: justice in South Africa ^by expressing their sympathy with us.^ It will
10: be much better than the cable to the Guardian because I felt so very
11: ill that day. I’m writing, writing all the time. Send me all the
12: news you can & if anything special should happen please send a wire
13: addressed
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Olive Schreiner
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Strydenberg
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We shall be in Cape Town by the end of the month certainly.
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I feel like a piece of stone.
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Olive
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Notation
The 'long cable' in the 'New York Journal' cannot be traced, although this could perhaps be Schreiner's open letter cabled to the Sun; see UCT BC 16 1899-Sun
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