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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box2/Fold4/1901/18 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Monday 19 March 1901 |
| Address From | Hanover, 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, 19 March 1901, 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 name of the addressee is indicated by salutation, content and the signatory of an added note. The three Hanover men were shot on Tuesday 20 March 1901.
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Hanover
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March 1901 Monday
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Thanks dear friend, but I can’t cash the cheque here as there has
5: been no bank open for some months.
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News has just come that Mr Hofmeyr the Dutch minister & the wife of
8: one of the men to be shot are to leave at once for de Aar. So I
9: suppose they will be shot tomorrow morning. I thought we’d had
10: enough Schlacter’s Neks but it seems not. Oh, its such a mistake
11: from the British point of view. Oh if they could only see it. I’ve
12: wired to the general at de Aar asking for a pass to go & see him, but
13: he’s sent me no answer, & with out a pass from him I shall not be
14: allowed to leave the village,
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Good bye dear. You & Miss Greene must not send the money I won’t use
17: it unless you assure me its not your own. I’m sure you can’t
18: afford it. The woman has 5 children living & is expecting another. The
19: father of the other young man was crying bitterly this morning. Send
20: this note ^my news^ on to Isabella Ford.
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Good bye darling friend
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Olive
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Notation
The note written onto this letter reads:
'Dear Miss Ford I inclose this letter as she asked me to send news of her - Hanover being under Martial Law she is confined to the town. I am sending her ?5 we have collected & unreadable I shall be able to get more from the committee in Cape Town - Will write to you again shortly. E.M. Molteno'.
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