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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box6/Fold3/1917/25 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Sunday 19 August 1917 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | William Philip ('Will') Schreiner |
| Other Versions | |
| 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 letter, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The date has been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
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^16506 Telephone
2Paddington^
3
49 Porchester Place
5Edgware Road
6Sunday
7
8Dear Laddie you didn’t sent me the time & place when that private
9picture show for South Africa was to take place, so I couldn’t come.
10
11I hope you are having a good time. Do stay as long as you can. I’ve
12not seen or heard anything of our little bride since you left. If
13she’s with you when you get this.
14
15Much love to Fan
16Ol
17
18I’m just writing this line in case you told your secretary to let me
19know & he forgot.
20
2Paddington^
3
49 Porchester Place
5Edgware Road
6Sunday
7
8Dear Laddie you didn’t sent me the time & place when that private
9picture show for South Africa was to take place, so I couldn’t come.
10
11I hope you are having a good time. Do stay as long as you can. I’ve
12not seen or heard anything of our little bride since you left. If
13she’s with you when you get this.
14
15Much love to Fan
16Ol
17
18I’m just writing this line in case you told your secretary to let me
19know & he forgot.
20