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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box4/Fold1/1908/68 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 24 December 1908 |
| Address From | De Aar, Northern Cape |
| Address To | Lyndall, Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| 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 postcard, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The date of this postcard is provided by the postmark, and the name of the addressee and the address it was sent to are on its front. Schreiner was resident in De Aar from November 1907 until she left South Africa for Britain and Europe in December 1913, with some fairly lengthy visits elsewhere over this time.
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1Address Matjesfontein
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3 I am trying to find your address. I want to send you a paper that I
4wrote which appeared in the Transvaal Leader. All good wishes for Xmas.
5 Olive
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3 I am trying to find your address. I want to send you a paper that I
4wrote which appeared in the Transvaal Leader. All good wishes for Xmas.
5 Olive
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Notation
The paper that appeared in the Transvaal Leader is Schreiner's 'Views on closer union', a lengthy article published in the Transvaal Leader on 21 December 1908 and the Cape Times on 22 December 1908 (p.9); it appeared as a short book in 1909.
The paper that appeared in the Transvaal Leader is Schreiner's 'Views on closer union', a lengthy article published in the Transvaal Leader on 21 December 1908 and the Cape Times on 22 December 1908 (p.9); it appeared as a short book in 1909.