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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box7/Fold1/Jan-July1919/24 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 30 June 1919 |
| Address From | Cadogan Square, Knightsbridge, London |
| Address To | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Who To | Betty Molteno |
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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 is provided by the postmark on this postcard, while the address it was sent to is on its front. Schreiner was staying with her sister-in-law Fan Schreiner when this letter was written.
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1Darling Betty,
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3We were going to have the funeral on Wednesday, but General Botha &
4General Smuts & Sir James Innes want to come to it, & they sail on
5Wednesday for South Africa, so we We have decided to have it tomorrow,
6Tuesday, at 12 o’clock at Golders Green G Crematorium.
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8I will stay here till the funeral is over.
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10We are expecting Oliver & his wife to arrive this week from Africa
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12Olive
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3We were going to have the funeral on Wednesday, but General Botha &
4General Smuts & Sir James Innes want to come to it, & they sail on
5Wednesday for South Africa, so we We have decided to have it tomorrow,
6Tuesday, at 12 o’clock at Golders Green G Crematorium.
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8I will stay here till the funeral is over.
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10We are expecting Oliver & his wife to arrive this week from Africa
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12Olive
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