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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box7/Fold2/Aug-Dec1919/30 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 29 October 1919 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Address To | Clarensville, Patterson Road, Hampstead, London |
| Who To | Daisy Solomon |
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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 date is provided by the postmark on this postcard, while the address it was sent to is on its front. Schreiner was resident at Porchester Place from early April 1917 until August 1920, when she left Britain for South Africa.
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1Dear Daisy,
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3Many many happy returns of Tuesday. I am so sorry I can’t come, but
4I am more unable to walk than ever. I can hardly get to street corner.
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6My dear love to you your mother
7Olive Schreiner
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3Many many happy returns of Tuesday. I am so sorry I can’t come, but
4I am more unable to walk than ever. I can hardly get to street corner.
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6My dear love to you your mother
7Olive Schreiner
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