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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box6/Fold3/1917/16 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 30 April 1917 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| 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 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 at Porchester Place from early April 1917 until August 1920, when she left Britain for South Africa.
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1Just a word to show you I never forget you, dear friend.
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3Betty spent last week with Alice Greene at Cambridge. She returned
4yesterday & started off this morning with Percy & his wife for
5Park-Lands looking radiantly well & happy. I never saw her so well
6before. She looks twenty years younger than when she came back
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8Love from Olive
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3Betty spent last week with Alice Greene at Cambridge. She returned
4yesterday & started off this morning with Percy & his wife for
5Park-Lands looking radiantly well & happy. I never saw her so well
6before. She looks twenty years younger than when she came back
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8Love from Olive
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