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| Letter Reference | Library of Parliament 24083 928 Sch/1 |
| Archive | Library of Parliament, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 27 September 1893 |
| Address From | New College, Eastbourne, East Sussex |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Albert Hunt |
| Other Versions | |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the Library of Parliament, Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of their collections.
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1New College,
2Eastbourne.
3Sep 27 / 93
4
5Dear Mr Hunt
6
7I enclose a cheque for £39 for the ticket (that’s right isn’t it?) & I
8shall be glad if you will send me lables. Also would you very kindly
9tell me how I am to address my boxes, which I shall send up by train
10form from here for the comp railway to ?devirer. Are they to be
11addressed to the Dunottar Castle, & wh how soon can I send them, I
12would like to send them off next Monday or Tuesday to have them off my
13mind. I lost two boxes when last I went out, ^they said they must have
14been wrongly addressed,^ so want to besure I’m doing right.
15
16Give my love to Mrs Hunt, & thank her much for her note.
17
18Yours sincerely
19Olive Schreiner
20
21Please cash the cheque at once as I shall be withdrawing my money next week.
22
23I want to take a couple of hundreds or £150 with me, on board. Can I
24pay it in at your office here, & draw it in Cape Town?
25
2Eastbourne.
3Sep 27 / 93
4
5Dear Mr Hunt
6
7I enclose a cheque for £39 for the ticket (that’s right isn’t it?) & I
8shall be glad if you will send me lables. Also would you very kindly
9tell me how I am to address my boxes, which I shall send up by train
10form from here for the comp railway to ?devirer. Are they to be
11addressed to the Dunottar Castle, & wh how soon can I send them, I
12would like to send them off next Monday or Tuesday to have them off my
13mind. I lost two boxes when last I went out, ^they said they must have
14been wrongly addressed,^ so want to besure I’m doing right.
15
16Give my love to Mrs Hunt, & thank her much for her note.
17
18Yours sincerely
19Olive Schreiner
20
21Please cash the cheque at once as I shall be withdrawing my money next week.
22
23I want to take a couple of hundreds or £150 with me, on board. Can I
24pay it in at your office here, & draw it in Cape Town?
25
Notation
This letter is written on printed headed notepaper.
This letter is written on printed headed notepaper.