"Wicked mad diplomacy, lying & darkness" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: S.C. Cronwright-Schreiner 88.7.3 |
| Archive | National English Literary Museum, Grahamstown |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 2 April 1917 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | S.C. ('Cron') Cronwright-Schreiner |
| Other Versions | |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the National English Literary Museum (NELM) for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscript Collections. This letter has been torn and only these two short fragments remain.
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9 Porchester Place
2 Edgware Rd=
3 W.
4
5 April 2nd 1917
6
7 My Pal, I have your letter at last. I am now in my new rooms, much
8[papertorn]
9
10 We have had the heaviest fall of snow to-day we have had all this
11month, it lay in the streets 4 inches thick. The heaviest fall
12[papertorn] to [papertorn]
13
14
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2 Edgware Rd=
3 W.
4
5 April 2nd 1917
6
7 My Pal, I have your letter at last. I am now in my new rooms, much
8[papertorn]
9
10 We have had the heaviest fall of snow to-day we have had all this
11month, it lay in the streets 4 inches thick. The heaviest fall
12[papertorn] to [papertorn]
13
14
15
Notation
The end of this letter has been torn away, and just this fragment remains.
The end of this letter has been torn away, and just this fragment remains.