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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box11/Fold2/Undated/33 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Thursday 16 September 1908 |
| Address From | De Aar, Northern Cape |
| 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 date has been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
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De Aar
2 Thursday
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4 Dear Fan,
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6 Just a word to welcome you back. I hope on the whole you have enjoyed
7the time. We shall arrive Tuesday evening the 21st & I suppose you
8will arrive Tuesday morning!
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10 I’ll come & see you as soon as I can, but if you can spare time do
11come & see me. It does knock me over so to go to Lyndall: & I do want
12so to hear all about your visit. You will have to do a lot of talking
13for sometime.
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15 Good bye, dear. I’m sure you’ll find dear Frank & Violet have
16looked after everything splendidly.
17 Olive
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2 Thursday
3
4 Dear Fan,
5
6 Just a word to welcome you back. I hope on the whole you have enjoyed
7the time. We shall arrive Tuesday evening the 21st & I suppose you
8will arrive Tuesday morning!
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10 I’ll come & see you as soon as I can, but if you can spare time do
11come & see me. It does knock me over so to go to Lyndall: & I do want
12so to hear all about your visit. You will have to do a lot of talking
13for sometime.
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15 Good bye, dear. I’m sure you’ll find dear Frank & Violet have
16looked after everything splendidly.
17 Olive
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