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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Mimmie Murray 2001.24/89 |
| Archive | National English Literary Museum, Grahamstown |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 16 April 1914 |
| Address From | 30 St Mary Abbotts Terrace, Kensington, London |
| Address To | Portlock, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape |
| Who To | Minnie or Mimmie Murray nee Parkes |
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| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the National English Literary Museum (NELM) for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner postcard, which is part of its Manuscript Collections. The date of this postcard is provided by the postmark and the address it was sent to and the recipient are on its front.
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My dear Friend
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3 I am back in England again, so glad to here among all my dear friends,
4but nothing ever makes me forget you & the other dear ones at Portlock.
5 I'll soon be well enough to write a long letter again
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7 Olive
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9 ^Address 30 St Mary Abbotts Terrace^
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3 I am back in England again, so glad to here among all my dear friends,
4but nothing ever makes me forget you & the other dear ones at Portlock.
5 I'll soon be well enough to write a long letter again
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7 Olive
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9 ^Address 30 St Mary Abbotts Terrace^
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