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| Letter Reference | T120 (M722): W.T. Stead Papers/60- pages 233-4 |
| Archive | National Archives Depot, Pretoria |
| Epistolary Type | |
| Letter Date | After Start: March 1894 ; Before End: August 1894 |
| Address From | Krantz Plaats, Halesowen, Eastern Cape |
| Address To | W.T. Stead, Review of Reviews, Norfolk Street, London |
| Who To | William Thomas Stead |
| Other Versions | |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the National Archives Repository, Pretoria, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Micofilm Collections. The postmark on this postcard is illegible. It has been dated by reference to when Schreiner was first married and was living at Krants Plaats.
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1Book has come. Many thanks for it, think much the most the best book
2you ever wrote. Am especially delighted with all you say on the
3matters relating to woman. My Husband has been as much interested in
4it as myself. Am sending you by this mail a photograph, of the sheep
5kraal in the early morning
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7Krantz Plaats.
8Olive Schreiner
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2you ever wrote. Am especially delighted with all you say on the
3matters relating to woman. My Husband has been as much interested in
4it as myself. Am sending you by this mail a photograph, of the sheep
5kraal in the early morning
6
7Krantz Plaats.
8Olive Schreiner
9
Notation
Schreiner has written ‘Personal’ at the top of this postcard's address-side, which also contains the name of the addressee and the address the card was sent to. Given the dating, the book by Stead referred to is likely to be his (1894) If Christ Came to Chicago London: Review of Review Offices.
Schreiner has written ‘Personal’ at the top of this postcard's address-side, which also contains the name of the addressee and the address the card was sent to. Given the dating, the book by Stead referred to is likely to be his (1894) If Christ Came to Chicago London: Review of Review Offices.