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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Jessie Rose Innes MSC 26/2.6.5 |
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Sunday 23 January 1910 |
| Address From | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Jessie Rose Innes nee Dods Pringle |
| Other Versions | |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the National Library of South Africa (NLSA), Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections. A typed transcript only of this letter is available; the original cannot be traced. The date has been written on the letter in an unknown hand. Content indicates Schreiner was in Cape Town when she wrote it.
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Sunday morning
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3 Darling Jessie
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5 It was so good to see you. I am just going ^out^ to Sea Point to see if
6I can find a room there where I can breathe. What day would you be
7home if I came out in the morning. The only place I can breathe is
8driving about on the top of trams so I could come, but don't stay in
9for me. Because I'm uncertain. I want to see you again
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11 Olive
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13 It was lovely to see you both looking so young & happy. My love to
14your husband.
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3 Darling Jessie
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5 It was so good to see you. I am just going ^out^ to Sea Point to see if
6I can find a room there where I can breathe. What day would you be
7home if I came out in the morning. The only place I can breathe is
8driving about on the top of trams so I could come, but don't stay in
9for me. Because I'm uncertain. I want to see you again
10
11 Olive
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13 It was lovely to see you both looking so young & happy. My love to
14your husband.
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