"Not a personal matter, all women of Cape Colony, Women's Enfranchisement League" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | HRC/RichardGarnett/Recip/OS-RichardGarnett/5 |
| Archive | Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Sunday 23 June 1888 |
| Address From | Roseneath, Harpenden, Hertfordshire |
| Address To | Richard Garnett, British Museum, London |
| 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 was resident in Harpenden from June to September 1888.
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1Roseneath
2Harpenden
3Sunday
4
5Dear Dr Garnett
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7Thank you deeply for your letter. It was of assistance to me as words
8of kindly interest & sympathy only can be when they come at a moment
9when we require them.
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11I have taken a little cottage here for a month, I hope then to be able
12to leave for the Riviera or Cape.
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14I shall give myself the pleasure of writing again to let you know my
15address.
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17^Believe me,^
18Yours sincerely,
19Olive Schreiner
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2Harpenden
3Sunday
4
5Dear Dr Garnett
6
7Thank you deeply for your letter. It was of assistance to me as words
8of kindly interest & sympathy only can be when they come at a moment
9when we require them.
10
11I have taken a little cottage here for a month, I hope then to be able
12to leave for the Riviera or Cape.
13
14I shall give myself the pleasure of writing again to let you know my
15address.
16
17^Believe me,^
18Yours sincerely,
19Olive Schreiner
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