"Wonderful Dot Schreiner, tall thin woman who caused me no end of trouble" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box11/Fold2/Undated/28 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Friday 1909 |
| Address From | De Aar, Northern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Caroline Murray nee Molteno |
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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 letter, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The year has been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
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De Aar
2 Friday
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4 Dear Mrs Murray
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6 I have just got a cable from London saying Mrs Pankhurst, & the
7Pethick Lawrences, are not receiving the rights of Political Prisoners
8as Jonneson & other political prisoners did. I am sending ^cabling^ the
9names of people here who protest against this treatment to England to
10be sent to the Government. Please collect all the names you can men &
11women. Would your brother James sign? Send the names to me at once
12please I want to send the cable as soon as possible. All names you can
13get. I’ve written to Dot & Lady Innes.
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15 Olive
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2 Friday
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4 Dear Mrs Murray
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6 I have just got a cable from London saying Mrs Pankhurst, & the
7Pethick Lawrences, are not receiving the rights of Political Prisoners
8as Jonneson & other political prisoners did. I am sending ^cabling^ the
9names of people here who protest against this treatment to England to
10be sent to the Government. Please collect all the names you can men &
11women. Would your brother James sign? Send the names to me at once
12please I want to send the cable as soon as possible. All names you can
13get. I’ve written to Dot & Lady Innes.
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15 Olive
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