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Letter ReferenceOlive Schreiner BC16/Box3/Fold6/1907/19
ArchiveUniversity of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town
Epistolary TypeLettercard
Letter Date9 July 1907
Address FromCape Town, Western Cape
Address ToKenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape
Who ToCaroline Murray nee Molteno
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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 Caroline Murray nee Molteno, 9 July 1907, UCT Manuscripts & Archives, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.

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The Project is grateful to Manuscripts and Archives, University of Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner lettercard, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The date is provided by the postmark on this letter-card and the address it was sent to is on its front. Schreiner was in Cape Town from early June to late August 1907.

1:  Dear Mrs Murray
2: 
3:  I have spoken to Mary Sauer & other women, & they all think it is so
4:  splendid that you should be President. Do join, so that when we have
5:  the election next April you may be President, or vice President if Mrs
6:  Solly
is chosen. She is also a valuable fore-woman.
7: 
8:  It was such a pleasure to see you brother Charley’s sweet wife
9:  yesterday.
10: 
11:  Yours ever
12:  Olive Schreiner
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