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Letter ReferenceOlive Schreiner BC16/Box6/Fold1/July-Dec1915/33
ArchiveUniversity of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town
Epistolary TypeLetter
Letter Date22 October 1915
Address FromTrevaldwyn, Llandrindod Wells, Wales
Address To
Who ToWilliam Philip ('Will') Schreinerr
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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 letter, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The date has been written on this letter in an unknown hand. Schreiner was resident at Llandrindod Wells between late July and late October 1915.
1Dear old Man
2
3Has Ollie got one of these cigar cases? If one sends him a parcel is
4it pretty safe to reach him? Have most of yours done so.
5
6I shall be turning up in London next Tuesday afternoon, going to the
7dear Brackenbury’s for a bit. I realy ought to have left this place
8three weeks ago, for the mountain mists & fogs beat anything I ever
9knew, but I really can’t bear to leave dear May & the happy little
10home here.
11
12I am wondering when our girls will return? I suppose not till Xmas, or
13near it.
14
15Good bye dear.
16“Alles ten besten”
17Ol
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