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Letter ReferenceOlive Schreiner BC16/Box6/Fold3/1917/21
ArchiveUniversity of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town
Epistolary TypePostcard
Letter Date14 July 1917
Address From9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London
Address ToSandown Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape
Who ToLucy Molteno nee Mitchell
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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 postcard, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The name of the addressee and the address this postcard was sent to are written on its front. Schreiner was resident at Porchester Place from early April 1917 until August 1920, when she left Britain for South Africa.
1July 14th 1917
2
3I hope all goes well with you, dear. George Murray arrived in London
4yesterday & looks better than Betty expected. Betty is likely going to
5S-cotland to the Molteno’s soon. It will do her good. The heat here
6is great. My dear love to you. I wish I could see your beloved face
7Olive
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9^Ursula is to be married next month.^
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