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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 |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Mary Drew nee Gladstone (m. 1886) |
| Other Versions | |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| 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. The letter is on embossed headed notepaper.
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Kensingston Palace Mansions & Hotel
2 De Vere Gardens
3 London
4 Telephone: 3675 Kensingston. Telegram: Apartment, London
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6 Dear Mrs Drew
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8 I grieve to see that another of your fathers grandsons is missing. I
9do hope he will soon be found alive & well even with if a prisoner. I
10have just heard that another cousin of my own who was with the
11Canadians was last heard of at the fight at St Juliens & may be either
12dead, wounded or missing. It is the terrible uncertainty that is so
13crushing I do hope you will have good news soon. I shall look out for
14it in the papers
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16 Yours with much sympathy
17 Olive Schreiner
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19 Don't trouble to answer. If later unreadable I know how full life is
20now.
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2 De Vere Gardens
3 London
4 Telephone: 3675 Kensingston. Telegram: Apartment, London
5
6 Dear Mrs Drew
7
8 I grieve to see that another of your fathers grandsons is missing. I
9do hope he will soon be found alive & well even with if a prisoner. I
10have just heard that another cousin of my own who was with the
11Canadians was last heard of at the fight at St Juliens & may be either
12dead, wounded or missing. It is the terrible uncertainty that is so
13crushing I do hope you will have good news soon. I shall look out for
14it in the papers
15
16 Yours with much sympathy
17 Olive Schreiner
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19 Don't trouble to answer. If later unreadable I know how full life is
20now.
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