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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box2/Fold4/1901/35 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 11 May 1901 |
| Address From | Hanover, Northern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Alice Greene |
| 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. This letter is written on black edged mourning notepaper. The name of the addressee is indicated by salutation and content. Schreiner was resident in Hanover from September 1900 to October 1907, after 1902 with visits, sometimes fairly lengthy, elsewhere.
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May 11 / 01
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3 Dear Friend
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5 I enclose you rather an interesting letter of Miss Ford’s.
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7 You & Miss Molteno must go to see her if ever you go to England, you
8will both love her so much & her sister Bessie.
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10 They are inseparable friends & live in a lovely big house near Leeds,
11which is always full of their working men friends. Now that Eastbourne
12is dead to me I feel less than ever that I want to see England again;
13but I long for my friends there.
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15 Good night dear.
16 Olive
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3 Dear Friend
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5 I enclose you rather an interesting letter of Miss Ford’s.
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7 You & Miss Molteno must go to see her if ever you go to England, you
8will both love her so much & her sister Bessie.
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10 They are inseparable friends & live in a lovely big house near Leeds,
11which is always full of their working men friends. Now that Eastbourne
12is dead to me I feel less than ever that I want to see England again;
13but I long for my friends there.
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15 Good night dear.
16 Olive
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Notation
The enclosed letter is no longer attached.
The enclosed letter is no longer attached.