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Letter ReferenceOlive Schreiner BC16/Box2/Fold3/1900/33
ArchiveUniversity of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town
Epistolary TypeLetter
Letter DateJune 1900
Address FromWagenaars Kraal, Three Sisters, Northern Cape
Address To
Who ToFrances ('Fan') Schreiner nee Reitz
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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 month and year have been written on this letter in an unknown hand. Schreiner stayed at Wagenaars Kraal from 21 February until late June 1900.
1 Private
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3 Dear Fan,
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5 I enclose part of Cron’s last letter. Please return it carefully
6when read as I want to keep it. I can fancy I see Cron & Kier at Kirk
7Alloway. Gi I haven’t had a letter from you for three weeks. I
8mention this just in case you may have written & I not got it. I can

9quite understand your not being able to write. I can’t. But I keep
10my spirits up "Das aanhou de ?ven." (Can you read my Dutch spelling?)
11
12 Love to all the dear little ones, & my old brother. I’m glad the
13ministry is out, but sorry it didn’t go out 7 months ago. We shall
14fight the progressives better as an opposition.
15
16 ^Private news^ I wrote to Sauer & Merriman about the report that they
17were approaching Sievewright. Merriman wrote me an answer which
18convinces me that it is perfectly untrue as regards Merriman, &
19probably untrue as regards Sauer: but of Hofmeyr it is true. It is all
20Hofmeyr. But if only the other men will stand out Hofmeyr can’t
21force him back. Show this to Will.
22
23 Your little sis
24 Olive
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26 Send Crons photos if you got them.
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28 Dear Fan,
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30 Have just got your letter & Cron’s photo. I don’t like the photo.
31I like the full face in the group with his two brothers. Some day I
32will get it from you & have an enlarged photo taken I am leaving on
33Tuesday the 25th for Beaufort West my address will then be
34
35 ^c/o Mrs Kriel / Boarding House / Beaufort West^
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Notation
The enclosed 'bit of letter' is no longer attached.