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| Letter Reference | G.W. Cross MS 14, 462/14 |
| Archive | Cory Library, Rhodes University, Grahamstown |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Saturday 2 May 1896 |
| Address From | The Homestead, Kimberley, Northern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | G.W. Cross |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the Cory Library for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of their collections. The date has been written on the letter in an unknown hand.
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Dear Friend
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3 Are you still waiting for evidence of Rhodes' complicity - or, have
4you got it now???
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6 Yours ever
7 Olive Schreiner
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9 I hope you heard those "Bard" poems, especially "Barren".
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11 The Homestead
12 Saturday
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3 Are you still waiting for evidence of Rhodes' complicity - or, have
4you got it now???
5
6 Yours ever
7 Olive Schreiner
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9 I hope you heard those "Bard" poems, especially "Barren".
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11 The Homestead
12 Saturday
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Notation
The 'Bard' poems referred to cannot be established.
The 'Bard' poems referred to cannot be established.