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Letter ReferenceOlive Schreiner BC16/Box4/Fold2/1909/51
ArchiveUniversity of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town
Epistolary TypeLetter
Letter DateSaturday 13 December 1909
Address FromYork House, Muizenberg, Western Cape
Address To
Who ToWilliam Philip ('Will') Schreiner
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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 date has been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
1 c/o Dr Purcell
2 ^York House^
3 Muizenberg
4 Saturday
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6 Dear Laddie
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8 When do you go to Queen’s town. I am going up to Matjesfontein early
9next month. I was quite broken down when I got here last Friday & the
10Purcells’
wouldn’t let me leave; I’m getting much better. The
11air here is wonderful; so different from St James.
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13 Perhaps we might go as far as Matjesfontein to-gether, or you might
14stop a day with me there. There are so many things I want to talk over
15with you but we never get time in town. On that important question of
16your entering the Union parliament there is much to be said on many
17sides. But I believe you will go in.
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19 If Bill passes his exams successfully this month it may make a
20difference to your plans.
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22 I am very sorry Gladstone is coming out. All my liberal friends write
23of him as an ?unmixed fool; & he will simply run the Transvaal as a
24donkey is driven along in a cart!
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26 Good bye dear. Too stupid to write more.
27 Olive
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29 When do you come to St James?
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