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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box4/Fold1/1908/22 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Sunday 27 April 1908 |
| Address From | Matjesfontein, Western Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | William Philip ('Will') Schreiner |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to Manuscripts and Archives, University of Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The date has been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
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Matjesfontain
2 Sunday night
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4 Dear Laddie
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6 I hope thy cold is better. I am as a sparrow upon a house top but
7breathing easier. My heart is in de Aar with my old man who arrives
8there tonight.
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10 Ollie sleeps peacefully on the bed, the meerkats in the box.
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12 Good night
13 Thy small sister
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15 Take ammoniated tincture of Quinine
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2 Sunday night
3
4 Dear Laddie
5
6 I hope thy cold is better. I am as a sparrow upon a house top but
7breathing easier. My heart is in de Aar with my old man who arrives
8there tonight.
9
10 Ollie sleeps peacefully on the bed, the meerkats in the box.
11
12 Good night
13 Thy small sister
14
15 Take ammoniated tincture of Quinine
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