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| Letter Reference | Mary Gladstone (Mrs Drew) Add. 46244, ff.193-194 |
| Archive | British Library, Department of Manuscripts, London |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 30 April 1915 |
| Address From | Kensington Palace Mansions, De Vere Gardens, Kensington, London |
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| Who To | Mary Drew nee Gladstone (m. 1886) |
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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 Mary Drew nee Gladstone (m. 1886), 30 April 1915, British Library Manuscripts, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.
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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. The letter is on embossed headed notepaper.
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Kensingston Palace Mansions & Hotel
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De Vere Gardens
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London
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Telephone: 3675 Kensingston. Telegram: Apartment, London
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Dear Mrs Drew
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I grieve to see that another of your fathers grandsons is missing. I
9: do hope he will soon be found alive & well even with if a prisoner. I
10: have just heard that another cousin of my own who was with the
11: Canadians was last heard of at the fight at St Juliens & may be either
12: dead, wounded or missing. It is the terrible uncertainty that is so
13: crushing I do hope you will have good news soon. I shall look out for
14: it in the papers
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Yours with much sympathy
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Olive Schreiner
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Don't trouble to answer. If later unreadable I know how full life is
20: now.
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