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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box4/Fold1/1908/48 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 26 July 1908 |
| Address From | Cape Town, Western Cape |
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| Who To | William Philip ('Will') Schreiner |
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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 William Philip ('Will') Schreiner, 26 July 1908, UCT Manuscripts & Archives, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.
Legend
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 date has been written on this letter in an unknown hand. Schreiner was in Cape Town from early July 1908 to early September 1908.
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Dear Laddie
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I was sorry I didn’t hear your speech yesterday. Cron said it was
4: the finest he’d ever heard you make. I’ve had some attacks of
5: angina & not been able to get out. But I want to run down to the Docks
6: & just give our girl a greeting if I can only find when the
7: steamer’s in.
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Behind this taxing measure I see the beginning of that sacrifice of
10: freedom & justice which in every direction we shall be called on to
11: pay, if the scheme of Unification as opposed to Federation be carried
12: out.
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I, with the help of Mrs Murray & Mrs Charles Molteno (a most charming
15: & loveable woman) & Mary Sauer am going to try to get up a large
16: ^public^ meeting on the Woman’s question with members of Parliament of
17: all parties on the platform. If we succeed may we reckon on you as one
18: of the speakers. I shall try to get Malan, but it is doubtful strongly
19: as he feels on the matter he doesn’t like running right in
20: Merriman’s face. As for Merriman I have no more faith in him. I
21: believe he Tory on the native question just as everyone else. I’ll
22: perhaps make a little speech in Dutch!! Achter veld Dutch!!
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Olive
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