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| Letter Reference | HRC/OliveSchreinerUncatLetters/OS-TFisherUnwin/11 |
| Archive | Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 14 February 1889 |
| Address From | Hotel du Parc, Mentone, France |
| Address To | Paternoster Square, City, London |
| Who To | T. Fisher Unwin |
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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 postcard, which is part of its Manuscript Collections. The date is provided by the postmark on this postcard; the address it was sent to is on its front.
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1Dear Mr Unwin,
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3I have just heard that Vernon Lee has been very ill & is quite broken
4down in health. Do you know if this is true, & where she is as, I
5should like to write to her if it is so? She is one of the most
6valuable women we have. I should feel it a kindness if you could send
7me a card in reply, if it is true. Please excuse my troubling you
8
9Yours faithfully
10Olive Schreiner
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12Hotel du Parc Mentone
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3I have just heard that Vernon Lee has been very ill & is quite broken
4down in health. Do you know if this is true, & where she is as, I
5should like to write to her if it is so? She is one of the most
6valuable women we have. I should feel it a kindness if you could send
7me a card in reply, if it is true. Please excuse my troubling you
8
9Yours faithfully
10Olive Schreiner
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12Hotel du Parc Mentone
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