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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Katie Findlay MSC 26/2.14.27 |
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | January 1890 |
| Address From | Mount Vernon, Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Catherine ('Katie') Findlay nee Schreiner |
| Other Versions | Rive 1987: 163 |
| 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. The month and year have been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
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1Mount Vernon
2Cape Town
3
4My dear Katie
5
6Many thanks for your letter, & for the cards which Mother sent over to
7me from Grahamstown. I hope you have all had a glad new year. It must
8have been a great joy to you to see Fred & Alice again. Did you find
9them much changed? I should greatly like to see you all & must try &
10pay Fraserburg a visit before I return to England.
11
12//I hope y I think Will will return tomorrow. He has paid Mother a
13visit in Grahamstown on his way back. Tell Fred that poor old Smiler
14Will’s dog is dead. Give them all my love & accept the same ^yourself^ from
15
16Your loving sister
17Olive
18
2Cape Town
3
4My dear Katie
5
6Many thanks for your letter, & for the cards which Mother sent over to
7me from Grahamstown. I hope you have all had a glad new year. It must
8have been a great joy to you to see Fred & Alice again. Did you find
9them much changed? I should greatly like to see you all & must try &
10pay Fraserburg a visit before I return to England.
11
12//I hope y I think Will will return tomorrow. He has paid Mother a
13visit in Grahamstown on his way back. Tell Fred that poor old Smiler
14Will’s dog is dead. Give them all my love & accept the same ^yourself^ from
15
16Your loving sister
17Olive
18
Notation
Rive's (1987) version omits part of the letter and is also in a number of respects incorrect.
Rive's (1987) version omits part of the letter and is also in a number of respects incorrect.