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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box4/Fold2/1909/45 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 31 August 1909 |
| Address From | De Aar, Northern Cape |
| Address To | Levain, Pinchat, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Who To | Betty Molteno |
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| 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 date of this postcard is provided by the postmark, and the name of the addressee and the address it was sent to are on its front. Schreiner was resident in De Aar from November 1907 until she left South Africa for Britain and Europe in December 1913, with some fairly lengthy visits elsewhere over this time.
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I am so glad Mrs Murray is looking more rested. How long are you going
2to stay in England. Some fancy you will come back with Mrs Murray! I
3want you to know my friends Dr & Mrs Brown. Do you see anything of the
4Lawrences?
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6 What kind of of a place was that little Hotel on the mountains near
7Graaf Reinet you used to go to. Ask Alice
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9^to describe it to me ^
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11 Olive
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2to stay in England. Some fancy you will come back with Mrs Murray! I
3want you to know my friends Dr & Mrs Brown. Do you see anything of the
4Lawrences?
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6 What kind of of a place was that little Hotel on the mountains near
7Graaf Reinet you used to go to. Ask Alice
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9^to describe it to me ^
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11 Olive
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