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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box4/Fold4/1911/61 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Wednesday 27 December 1911 |
| Address From | Cape Town, Western 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 in Cape Town from late November 1911 to mid January 1912.
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Wednesday
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3 My darling Lucy
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5 I hope you got the letter I sent you on Sunday, on Xmas morning. I am
6so anxious for more news of you. I have to go out to Blauwberg or I
7would drive up today ^just^ to hear how you are.
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9 Nurse must please send me this post card with news. I’ll be so
10thankful to her if she will.
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12 I am still at my brothers till Friday morning.
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14 Good bye, dear. I’m glad its not so very hot for you to lie in bed.
15 Olive
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17 My calendar is very lovely. Thank you for the thought of me.
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3 My darling Lucy
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5 I hope you got the letter I sent you on Sunday, on Xmas morning. I am
6so anxious for more news of you. I have to go out to Blauwberg or I
7would drive up today ^just^ to hear how you are.
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9 Nurse must please send me this post card with news. I’ll be so
10thankful to her if she will.
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12 I am still at my brothers till Friday morning.
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14 Good bye, dear. I’m glad its not so very hot for you to lie in bed.
15 Olive
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17 My calendar is very lovely. Thank you for the thought of me.
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