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| Letter Reference | Smuts A1/204/146 |
| Archive | National Archives Repository, Pretoria |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 19 November 1918 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Jan Smuts |
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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 Jan Smuts, 19 November 1918, National Archives Repository, Pretoria, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.
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The Project is grateful to the National Archives Repository, Pretoria, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections.
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9 Porchester Place
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Edgware Road
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Nov 19th 1918
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Dear Jan
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Don’t you begin to see this is the 20th Century!! That the 19th is
8: gone forever. It will have to go even in South Africa!
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The old world is cracking; or rather, it cracked long ago, & now its
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What madness is this sending troops to Russia. Mrs Partington trying
14: to keep the sea back with her broom. The waves will rush round & catch
15: you from the back!
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Give my love to my dear Isie.
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Yours ever
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Olive
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