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Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box11/Fold1/Dated/13 |
Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
Epistolary Type | Letter |
Letter Date | Thursday 23 September 1906 |
Address From | Hotel De Aar, De Aar, Northern Cape |
Address To | |
Who To | William Philip ('Will') Schreiner |
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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 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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Hotel
2 de Aar
3 Thursday
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5 Dear Laddy,
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7 Thanks so much for your wire. So glad you are at Gordon’s Bay.
8Thought you were not going till 1st of October.
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10 I am not getting better here. It may be the air. I am going to try
11Matjesfontein for a month, unless I can hear of some farm in the
12Beaufort District where I can go. If I’m not better at Matjesfontein
13I’ll come to see the Doctors in Cape Town. Will let you know my
14movements.
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16 Success to your fishing & peace to your heart
17 Olive
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2 de Aar
3 Thursday
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5 Dear Laddy,
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7 Thanks so much for your wire. So glad you are at Gordon’s Bay.
8Thought you were not going till 1st of October.
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10 I am not getting better here. It may be the air. I am going to try
11Matjesfontein for a month, unless I can hear of some farm in the
12Beaufort District where I can go. If I’m not better at Matjesfontein
13I’ll come to see the Doctors in Cape Town. Will let you know my
14movements.
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16 Success to your fishing & peace to your heart
17 Olive
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