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Letter ReferenceOlive Schreiner BC16/Box1/Fold5/1898/17
ArchiveUniversity of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town
Epistolary TypeLetter
Letter Date22 August 1898
Address FromThe Homestead, Kimberley, Northern Cape
Address To
Who ToFrances (‘Fan’) Schreiner nee Reitz
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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.
1 Dear Sis,
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3 I am so glad our our Will’s success.
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5 The doctor says I must get away some where but I don’t know if I can.
6 If I should wire to you that I was coming any time would you promise
7me to wire me back if its not convenient I’ve got so weak I’m not
8doing any work, & its so terrible when day after day passes & I’m
9not earning anything.
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11 I feel as if just a look at you all would do me good, & I should be
12better when I came back.
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14 Your little sis
15 Olive
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