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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box4/Fold4/1911/53 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Wednesday 22 November 1911 |
| Address From | De Aar, Northern Cape |
| Address To | Sandown Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Who To | Lucy Molteno nee Mitchell |
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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 of this letter has been derived from the postmark on an attached envelope, which also provides the address it was sent to. 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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Wednesday
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3 Dear Lucy I shall arrive in Cape Town on Saturday evening. I’ll try
4to come & see you soon if you can’t get out to see me. I am longing
5to see how all the dear children have grown.
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7 Address to my brother’s house Villa Flandra, Newlands
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9 I hope you are keeping strong.
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11 Good bye dear
12 Olive
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3 Dear Lucy I shall arrive in Cape Town on Saturday evening. I’ll try
4to come & see you soon if you can’t get out to see me. I am longing
5to see how all the dear children have grown.
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7 Address to my brother’s house Villa Flandra, Newlands
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9 I hope you are keeping strong.
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11 Good bye dear
12 Olive
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