"Won't take money from Transvaal Government; Rhodes' lies about 'Peter Halket'; expecting war" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box2/Fold4/1901/22 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | March 1901 |
| Address From | Hanover, Northern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Betty Molteno |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| 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 was resident in Hanover from September 1900 to October 1907, after 1902 with visits, sometimes fairly lengthy, elsewhere. The name of the addressee is indicated by salutation.
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Dear Friend
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3 The £5 from Miss Hobhouse has come. If it will you collect any more
4money keep it for the present, because I see well that in a few months
5time, when all the prisoners at De Aar have been tried we shall have
6much want & trouble. I enclose a note to Miss Hobhouse.
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8^Cron will give you news of me. See him & have a talk with him.^
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10Olive
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3 The £5 from Miss Hobhouse has come. If it will you collect any more
4money keep it for the present, because I see well that in a few months
5time, when all the prisoners at De Aar have been tried we shall have
6much want & trouble. I enclose a note to Miss Hobhouse.
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8^Cron will give you news of me. See him & have a talk with him.^
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10Olive
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