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Letter ReferenceOlive Schreiner: Mimmie Murray 2001.24/23
ArchiveNational English Literary Museum, Grahamstown
Epistolary TypeLetter
Letter Date16 January 1910
Address FromMatjesfontein, Western Cape
Address To
Who ToMinnie or Mimmie Murray nee Parkes
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The Project is grateful to the National English Literary Museum (NELM) for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscript Collections.
1 Matjiesfontein
2 Jan 16th 1910
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4 Dear Mrs Murray
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6 Thank you so much for your letter. Port Lock is my dream land to which
7I hope to get some day! Just now the heat has made me very unfit & I'm
8going to Cape Town again a little to see the Doctor. When I'm quite
9fit you may be sure I'll start off at once!!! to the large table & the
10big room & all the good friends.
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12 I am sending you Mrs Murray's letter. Please return it to me as soon
13as possible. You may copy extracts from it if you like. Address to
14Matjesfontein as they will send my letters on wherever I am.
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16 When I am coming, if ever my good dream comes true I shall wire as you
17ask me two days before hand to Mrs Watermeyer.
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19 I've so much I'd like to write about but the heat is too great.
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21 Yours ever
22 Olive Schreiner
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24
Notation
The enclosed letter is no longer attached and was presumably returned to Schreiner as requested.