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| Letter Reference | Schreiner-Hemming Family BC 1080 A1.7/30 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 5 September 1919 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Address To | Harpford Avenue, Wynberg, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Who To | Effie Hemming m. Brown (1903) |
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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 address it was sent to is 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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Darling Effie
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3 Thanks do much for your letter. I should indeed love to see you all
4again. I saw Willie Kooper, Maggies boy, yesterday. He’s an
5interesting boy. Aunt Fan Dot & Ursula will go out to Africa the week
6after next. I like Olivers wife very much. My dear love to you all
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8 Aunt Olive
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3 Thanks do much for your letter. I should indeed love to see you all
4again. I saw Willie Kooper, Maggies boy, yesterday. He’s an
5interesting boy. Aunt Fan Dot & Ursula will go out to Africa the week
6after next. I like Olivers wife very much. My dear love to you all
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8 Aunt Olive
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