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Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box11/Fold2/Undated/80 |
Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
Epistolary Type | Letter |
Letter Date | Monday September 1919 |
Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
Address To | |
Who To | Frances (‘Fan’) Schreiner nee Reitz |
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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 month and year have been written on this letter in an unknown hand. Schreiner was resident at Porchester Place from early April 1917 until August 1920, when she left Britain for South Africa.
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Monday
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3 Dear Fan
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5 I slipped away quietly on Sunday with out saying good bye, because I
6saw your hands were over full with all your many guests. Could you
7send me Mrs Tom Grahams address because I want to send her to send her
8Tucker’s address & tell her about using it for her son who she says
9she has asthma. You mustn’t over work yourself with that packing it
10must be very tiring work. I hope Ursie has gone to the country. I
11don’t like her cough.
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13 Have you got a copy of those war pictures? I can get you copies here
14if you telephone to me. I’ve bought some.
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16 Love from Olive
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3 Dear Fan
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5 I slipped away quietly on Sunday with out saying good bye, because I
6saw your hands were over full with all your many guests. Could you
7send me Mrs Tom Grahams address because I want to send her to send her
8Tucker’s address & tell her about using it for her son who she says
9she has asthma. You mustn’t over work yourself with that packing it
10must be very tiring work. I hope Ursie has gone to the country. I
11don’t like her cough.
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13 Have you got a copy of those war pictures? I can get you copies here
14if you telephone to me. I’ve bought some.
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16 Love from Olive
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