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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box1/Fold1/1892/3 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | March 1892 |
| Address From | Matjesfontein, Western Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | William Philip ('Will') Schreiner |
| Other Versions | |
| 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 mainly resident in Matjesfontein between December 1889 and December 1892, with some fairly lengthy visits elsewhere, including Cape Town.
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Dear Laddie
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3 What are you people doing down there that you fall out at the 11th
4hour. Politicians are a hopeless folk. I’m very ill or I would come
5down. I’ll
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7 Olive
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3 What are you people doing down there that you fall out at the 11th
4hour. Politicians are a hopeless folk. I’m very ill or I would come
5down. I’ll
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7 Olive
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