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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box5/Fold3/1914/15 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 1 March 1914 |
| Address From | Florence, Italy |
| Address To | Avond Rust, Bennets Avenue, Rosebank, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Who To | Mary Brown nee Solomon |
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| 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 the card. Schreiner was resident in Florence from March to early April 1914. There is a picture of Alassio on its front with ‘Arco a S. Croce.’ printed as a caption.
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1Couldn’t write a postcard without a blot, could I?
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3Shall be in Florence on the 1st of May.
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5If you dear folks write please address Poste Restante Florence. I
6shall be there till the end of April
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8Olive
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3Shall be in Florence on the 1st of May.
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5If you dear folks write please address Poste Restante Florence. I
6shall be there till the end of April
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8Olive
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