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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Mary Sauer MSC 26/2.11.96 |
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Monday August 1895 |
| Address From | The Homestead, Kimberley, Northern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Mary Sauer nee Cloete |
| Other Versions | Rive 1987: 257 |
| 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. Content indicates Schreiner was in Kimberley when it was written. Schreiner was resident in Kimberley from early August 1894 to November 1898.
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Monday morning
2
3 Darling Mary
4
5 I send you a copy of the paper on the political situation: tell me
6freely what you think of it. How are you all?
7
8 I have made my little Baby's grave close by the house now & planted
9violets & lilies over it. It's such a comfort to me to look at it.
10Cron is as always sweet & tender to me. He sends his love to you.
11We've had our photos taken together: I'll send you a copy if they are
12good.
13
14 Yours ever & ever
15 Olive
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2
3 Darling Mary
4
5 I send you a copy of the paper on the political situation: tell me
6freely what you think of it. How are you all?
7
8 I have made my little Baby's grave close by the house now & planted
9violets & lilies over it. It's such a comfort to me to look at it.
10Cron is as always sweet & tender to me. He sends his love to you.
11We've had our photos taken together: I'll send you a copy if they are
12good.
13
14 Yours ever & ever
15 Olive
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Notation
The 'paper' referred to is The Political Situation. Rive's (1987) version omits part of this letter and is also in a number of respects incorrect.
The 'paper' referred to is The Political Situation. Rive's (1987) version omits part of this letter and is also in a number of respects incorrect.