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Letter ReferenceOlive Schreiner BC16/Box3/Fold1/1902/35
ArchiveUniversity of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town
Epistolary TypeLetter
Letter Date28 December 1902
Address FromHanover, Northern Cape
Address To
Who ToBetty 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, 28 December 1902, UCT Manuscripts & Archives, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.

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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. ‘Miss Molteno’ has been written on this letter in an unknown hand.

1:  Hanover
2:  Dec 28 / 02
3: 
4:  Dear Friend
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6:  Where are you? When are you coming? there are very nice people here
7:  keeping the hotel here now, some nice simple Germans whom I knew at
8:  Kimberly called Smit. You would be very comfortable if you came to the
9:  hotel here, they would give you the best room & be so kind I know. It
10:  is rather expensive that’s the only draw back.
11: 
12:  Cron & I are perhaps going to take our meals there after the middle of
13:  the month as I can’t go on without a servant.
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15:  All goes well with us, but I am longing so much for news of you. Do
16:  write.
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18:  Olive
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