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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box2/Fold3/1900/5 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | January 1900 |
| Address From | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Frances (‘Fan’) Schreiner nee Reitz |
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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 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 stayed in Cape Town from late November 1899 to mid February 1900.
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Dear Fan
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3 I got a letter from Cron’s mother this morning I thought would have
4interested you, but I've mislaid it. She has had a letter from
5Cron’s brother who is a burger in Pretoria. She did not tell me if
6he had been to the Front, but says his letters is full of praise of
7the Boers, & says how proud he is to be a citizen of such a brave
8great little nation &c. He says the Boers there have no feeling
9against the English soldiers & are treating them the English prisoners
10more "like honoured guests" than like prisoners. Don’t our old
11Transvaalers show up well on every side? I shall be glad to have my
12Ollie Boy next week. I feel sure things will O go well.
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14 Olive
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3 I got a letter from Cron’s mother this morning I thought would have
4interested you, but I've mislaid it. She has had a letter from
5Cron’s brother who is a burger in Pretoria. She did not tell me if
6he had been to the Front, but says his letters is full of praise of
7the Boers, & says how proud he is to be a citizen of such a brave
8great little nation &c. He says the Boers there have no feeling
9against the English soldiers & are treating them the English prisoners
10more "like honoured guests" than like prisoners. Don’t our old
11Transvaalers show up well on every side? I shall be glad to have my
12Ollie Boy next week. I feel sure things will O go well.
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14 Olive
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