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| Letter Reference | HRC/OliveSchreinerLetters/OS-JohnHodgson/72 |
| Archive | Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 24 August 1914 |
| Address From | 30 St Mary Abbotts Terrace, Kensington, London |
| Address To | 23 Rothersay Road, Luton, Bedfordshire |
| Who To | John Hodgson |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner postcard, which is part of its Manuscript Collections. The date has been derived from the postmark on this postcard; the addressee and the address it was sent to are on its front.
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1Yes. I’m going on as ever. Thanks for your message. Isn’t that a
2fine letter of Arthur Ponsonby’s is in the Nation.
3
4I am still trying to find quiet quarters close to London, but have not
5yet succeeded I dont care to go as far away as Scotland just now.
6
7Yours sincerely
8OS
930 St Mary Abbotts Tce
10
2fine letter of Arthur Ponsonby’s is in the Nation.
3
4I am still trying to find quiet quarters close to London, but have not
5yet succeeded I dont care to go as far away as Scotland just now.
6
7Yours sincerely
8OS
930 St Mary Abbotts Tce
10
Notation
The 'fine letter' by Arthur Ponsonby was published in the Nation 22 August 1914, p.764.
The 'fine letter' by Arthur Ponsonby was published in the Nation 22 August 1914, p.764.