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| Letter Reference | Aletta Jacobs Papers AHJ/286 |
| Archive | Aletta, International Archives for the Women’s Movement, Amsterdam |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 5 July 1914 |
| Address From | Hotel Augusta Victoria, Bad Nauheim, Germany |
| Address To | Amsterdam, Holland |
| Who To | Aletta Jacobs |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
Olive Schreiner’s letters to Aletta Jacobs are part of the International Archives for the Women’s Movement collections, to whom thanks are due for access to the microfilm of the Aletta Jacobs Papers. The date of this letter has been derived from the postmark on an attached envelope, which also provides the address it was sent to. The letter is on printed headed notepaper with a picture of the hotel and surrounding area.
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1Hotel Augusta Victoria
2Bad Nauheim
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4Dear Dr Jacobs
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6Thank you much for your letter I shall not be returning to England for
7a couple of weeks & shall not leave Bad Nauheim till about the 10th or
811th & then go first to rest in some little village
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10My niece returns to her studies at Cambridge tomorrow; so she will not
11be with me.
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13Possibly my brother may be travelling with me as far as Holland, but I
14think it more likely he will go to Sweeden – It will be a great
15pleasure to see you again I’ll write when my plans are more certain
16
17Yours ever
18Olive Schreiner
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20I can’t
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2Bad Nauheim
3
4Dear Dr Jacobs
5
6Thank you much for your letter I shall not be returning to England for
7a couple of weeks & shall not leave Bad Nauheim till about the 10th or
811th & then go first to rest in some little village
9
10My niece returns to her studies at Cambridge tomorrow; so she will not
11be with me.
12
13Possibly my brother may be travelling with me as far as Holland, but I
14think it more likely he will go to Sweeden – It will be a great
15pleasure to see you again I’ll write when my plans are more certain
16
17Yours ever
18Olive Schreiner
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20I can’t
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