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| Letter Reference | Mary Gladstone (Mrs Drew) Add. 46244, f.188 |
| Archive | British Library, Department of Manuscripts, London |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Sunday 13 October 1914 |
| Address From | Kensington Palace Mansions, De Vere Gardens, Kensington, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Mary Drew nee Gladstone (m. 1886) |
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| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the British Library for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections. The date of the letter has been written on in an unknown hand.
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Kensington Palace Mansions
2 de Vere Gardens
3 Kensington
4 Sunday
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6 Dear Mrs Drew
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8 I was so glad to hear your good news. I hope all has gone very very
9well.
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11 I have come here now, & this will be my address I hope for a long time.
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13 Affairs in South Africa are heart-breaking; but where on earths
14surface are they not.
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16 Yours with many good wishes for the new little life
17 Olive Schreiner
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2 de Vere Gardens
3 Kensington
4 Sunday
5
6 Dear Mrs Drew
7
8 I was so glad to hear your good news. I hope all has gone very very
9well.
10
11 I have come here now, & this will be my address I hope for a long time.
12
13 Affairs in South Africa are heart-breaking; but where on earths
14surface are they not.
15
16 Yours with many good wishes for the new little life
17 Olive Schreiner
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