"House, James Rose Innes speech, Cronwright-Schreiner's meetings in England" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | HRC/RichardGarnett/Recip/OS-RichardGarnett/4 |
| Archive | Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | After Start: January 1897 ; Before End: February 1897 |
| Address From | 19 Russell Road, Kensington, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Richard Garnett |
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| 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. Schreiner stayed at Russell Road in January and February 1897, then went to Eastbourne, and left Britain for Italy in early March 1897 when her health deteriorated. This letter is written on printed headed notepaper.
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119, Russell Road,
2Kensington, W.
3
4My dear Mr Garnett
5
6My husband is very anxious to make use of the reading room for a few
7days. He is writing a book & wants to look up certain matters
8connected with it. Could you give him an orders? As soon as my
9hayfever is a little better I hope to come to the museum, to give
10myself the pleasure of seeing you for a few minutes.
11
12Yours very sincerely,
13Olive Schreiner
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2Kensington, W.
3
4My dear Mr Garnett
5
6My husband is very anxious to make use of the reading room for a few
7days. He is writing a book & wants to look up certain matters
8connected with it. Could you give him an orders? As soon as my
9hayfever is a little better I hope to come to the museum, to give
10myself the pleasure of seeing you for a few minutes.
11
12Yours very sincerely,
13Olive Schreiner
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Notation
Cronwright-Schreiner was writing a history of goat farming in South Africa: S. C. Cronwright-Schreiner (1898) The Angora Goat London: Longmans.
Cronwright-Schreiner was writing a history of goat farming in South Africa: S. C. Cronwright-Schreiner (1898) The Angora Goat London: Longmans.