"Climbing Table Mountain, silence is golden, don't talk about personal, love you for loving Shippard" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box7/Fold1/Jan-July1919/26 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 4 July 1919 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Address To | 64 Patterson Road, Hampstead, London |
| Who To | Georgiana Solomon nee Thompson |
| 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 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 at Porchester Place from early April 1917 until August 1920, when she left Britain for South Africa.
|
1
Thank you for your letter. I sent you a card on Monday to tell you
2when the funeral would be. Did you ever get it. I did not think you
3would be able to come but I know you would like to know. Dot is
4wonderful doing every thing. Oliver & his wife arrive today. My heart
5is so drawn to him because I know you really cared for him.
6
7 Olive Schreiner
8
9 Love to dear Daisy.
10
11
12
2when the funeral would be. Did you ever get it. I did not think you
3would be able to come but I know you would like to know. Dot is
4wonderful doing every thing. Oliver & his wife arrive today. My heart
5is so drawn to him because I know you really cared for him.
6
7 Olive Schreiner
8
9 Love to dear Daisy.
10
11
12