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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box5/Fold3/1914/35 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 13 July 1914 |
| Address From | Grand Hotel, Oberhof, Germany |
| Address To | Sandown Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Who To | Lucy Molteno nee Mitchell |
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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 postcard, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The address this postcard was sent to is on its front and the card is printed with the hotel’s name and crest.
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1Grand Hotel and Kurhaus
2Oberhof
3
4^July 13 1914^
5
6Dear Lucy,
7
8I’m staying in this little village in Thuringia among the fir trees,
9for the ?“Nar-lur”. Bad Nauheim seems to have done me much good. I met
10I’ve met a nice American minister & his sweet wife here, who say
11they met you last year in Switzerland, his cousin is, I think, married
12to your sister. It was so nice to meet some one who had seen you in
13this out of the world spot. My movements are not quite sure yet.
14I’ll write soon I am so glad you seem better
15
16Olive
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18^I got a beautiful long letter from you the other day that I ought to
19have got 3 months ago.^
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2Oberhof
3
4^July 13 1914^
5
6Dear Lucy,
7
8I’m staying in this little village in Thuringia among the fir trees,
9for the ?“Nar-lur”. Bad Nauheim seems to have done me much good. I met
10I’ve met a nice American minister & his sweet wife here, who say
11they met you last year in Switzerland, his cousin is, I think, married
12to your sister. It was so nice to meet some one who had seen you in
13this out of the world spot. My movements are not quite sure yet.
14I’ll write soon I am so glad you seem better
15
16Olive
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18^I got a beautiful long letter from you the other day that I ought to
19have got 3 months ago.^
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