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| Letter Reference | Schreiner-Hemming Family BC 1080 A1.7/82 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Lettercard |
| Letter Date | Saturday 27 August 1904 |
| Address From | Bedford, Eastern Cape |
| Address To | The Highlands, Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Who To | Effie Hemming m. Brown (1903) |
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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 lettercard, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The date of this letter-card is provided by the postmark and the address it was sent to is on its front.
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Bedford
2 Saturday
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4 Darling Effie
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6 We got here this morning all well. Aunt Het is at Mrs Alcott’s & I
7here at the hotel. We shall leave as soon as the saloon carriage Uncle
8Will has arranged for comes, probably on Tuesday. I will be coming
9down next week & then I shall see our dear Baby again. I hope he
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11^got no hurt from his fall
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13 Your little Auntie
14 Olive^
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2 Saturday
3
4 Darling Effie
5
6 We got here this morning all well. Aunt Het is at Mrs Alcott’s & I
7here at the hotel. We shall leave as soon as the saloon carriage Uncle
8Will has arranged for comes, probably on Tuesday. I will be coming
9down next week & then I shall see our dear Baby again. I hope he
10
11^got no hurt from his fall
12
13 Your little Auntie
14 Olive^
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