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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box3/Fold4/1905/21 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 5 June 1905 |
| Address From | Cape Town, Western Cape |
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| 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 June 1905, 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. The name of the addressee of this letter is indicated by salutation and content. Schreiner stayed in Cape Town from mid March to mid June 1905.
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June 5th 1905
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Dear Friend
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Thanks for your letter. We leave for Hanover next week. Parliament
6: closes the day after tomorrow. Your brother Jim made a first rate
7: little speech the other night, shutting up Juta so that he didn’t
8: stir again!!! I wish he would speak more. I will ask Miss Viljoen
9: about the house as soon as I get back.
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Cron has been doing very good work this session; working tremendously
12: hard on committees & has made one or two short little speeches much to
13: the point. Its He’s always best when he’s not thought of what he's
14: going to say & rises on the spur of the moment.
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Good bye. I am so glad you are having such a good time. I’m going to
17: take Neta’s body up with me, so that she can be buried with me
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Olive
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