"That I may finish that book, 'From Man to Man', being of some use, tragedy & bitterness of woman's fate" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box8/Fold4/MMPr/AssortedCorres/FredPL/20 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 1911 |
| Address From | De Aar, Northern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Frederick ('Fred') Pethick-Lawrence |
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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. A typescript only of this letter is available. The transcription here follows this typescript and includes any uncertain dates, ellipses, mistakes and so on. The place it was sent from is provided by content.
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4 Ten minutes after the mail came in they had sold copies of "Votes for Women"
5and only one left of the three sent to this small station (de Aar), so
6I hope they are selling well.
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2 1911?
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4 Ten minutes after the mail came in they had sold copies of "Votes for Women"
5and only one left of the three sent to this small station (de Aar), so
6I hope they are selling well.
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Notation
The Women's Social & Political Union's newspaper Votes for Women was edited by Frederick Pethick-Lawrence and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence.
The Women's Social & Political Union's newspaper Votes for Women was edited by Frederick Pethick-Lawrence and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence.