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| Letter Reference | HRC/CAT/OS/2a-x |
| Archive | Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Tuesday 2 September 1884 |
| Address From | Bolehill, Wirksworth, Derbyshire |
| Address To | 24 Thornsett Road, South Penge Park, London |
| Who To | Havelock Ellis |
| Other Versions | Draznin 1992: 135 |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscript Collections. This letter has been dated by reference to an associated envelope and its postmark, which also provides the address it was sent to.
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1Bole Hill
2Tuesday Afternoon
3
4I send you the photo, but you must throw it away when I send you
5another. I don’t like such an unpleasant thing shown, but it
6doesn’t matter if you like it.
7
8You needn’t tear up any mor of my letters if it really hurts you. I
9can’t think that tomorrow I shall be
10
11^going up our road.^
12
13Olive
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2Tuesday Afternoon
3
4I send you the photo, but you must throw it away when I send you
5another. I don’t like such an unpleasant thing shown, but it
6doesn’t matter if you like it.
7
8You needn’t tear up any mor of my letters if it really hurts you. I
9can’t think that tomorrow I shall be
10
11^going up our road.^
12
13Olive
14
Notation
Draznin's (1992) version of this letter is in some respects different from our transcription.
Draznin's (1992) version of this letter is in some respects different from our transcription.