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| Letter Reference | Cobden Papers: Jane Cobden Unwin 982 |
| Archive | West Sussex Records Office, Chichester |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 2 July 1897 |
| Address From | 61 Chester Square, Westminster, London |
| Address To | 10 Hereford Square, South Kensington, London |
| Who To | Jane Cobden Unwin |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the West Sussex Records Office for allowing us to transcribe this letter from Olive Schreiner, which is part of its archive collections. The date of the letter has been derived from the postmark on an attached envelope, while the address it was sent to is on its front. Schreiner stayed briefly in Chester Square at the start of July 1897 and left there for Broadstairs.
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1Dear Mrs Unwin
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3Thank you for your kind invitation. I am going to Broadstairs tomorrow,
4 & shall likely not be back in London for a couple of weeks, so cannot
5accept your invitation.
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7Before we go to Germany I hope to be in London for a few days & I hope
8I may then have the pleasure of seeing you.
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10Yours sin-cerely
11Olive Schreiner
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3Thank you for your kind invitation. I am going to Broadstairs tomorrow,
4 & shall likely not be back in London for a couple of weeks, so cannot
5accept your invitation.
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7Before we go to Germany I hope to be in London for a few days & I hope
8I may then have the pleasure of seeing you.
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10Yours sin-cerely
11Olive Schreiner
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