"Saddest & loneliest old years eve, old days at Heald Town" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box2/Fold2/July-Dec1899/22 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | Tuesday 29 August 1899 |
| Address From | Karree Kloof, Kran Kuil, Northern Cape |
| Address To | Girls Collegiate School, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape |
| Who To | Betty Molteno |
| Other Versions | Rive 1987: 376 |
| 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 month and year are provided by the postmark on this postcard, with the name of the addressee and address it was sent to on its front.
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Karree Kloof
2 Via Kran Kuil
3 Tuesday the 29th
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5 We got here last night after a most glorious drive in a cart with four
6horses all day. This is a lovely place, oh so sweet & peaceful, with
7kopjes all round, & clear blue sky, & ostriches & animals.
8Johannesburg seems like a nightmare. I heard some very hopeful
9political news in Bloemfontein. We are not without friends in high
10quarters.
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12 I am going to sleep now. I feel I could sleep all the time.
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14 Love to you both
15 Olive
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2 Via Kran Kuil
3 Tuesday the 29th
4
5 We got here last night after a most glorious drive in a cart with four
6horses all day. This is a lovely place, oh so sweet & peaceful, with
7kopjes all round, & clear blue sky, & ostriches & animals.
8Johannesburg seems like a nightmare. I heard some very hopeful
9political news in Bloemfontein. We are not without friends in high
10quarters.
11
12 I am going to sleep now. I feel I could sleep all the time.
13
14 Love to you both
15 Olive
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Notation
Rive?s (1987) version omits part of this postcard.
Rive?s (1987) version omits part of this postcard.