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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Mimmie Murray 2001.24/91 |
| Archive | National English Literary Museum, Grahamstown |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 15 February 1909 |
| Address From | Matjesfontein, Western Cape |
| Address To | Portlock, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape |
| Who To | Minnie or Mimmie Murray nee Parkes |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the National English Literary Museum (NELM) for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner postcard, which is part of its Manuscript Collections. The date of this postcard is provided by the postmark and the address it was sent to and the recipient are on its front. Schreiner stayed in Matjesfontein from late December 1908 to late March 1909.
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1
I sent you a little pamphlet which I thought might be useful to you.
2Please return it when you've read it, as I want to lend it to someone
3else. I think we ought to make Mr Murray President & Mrs Macfadyen
4deputy chairman
5
6 Olive
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8 ^I shall move at the general meeting that all branches claim their own
9subscriptions.^
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2Please return it when you've read it, as I want to lend it to someone
3else. I think we ought to make Mr Murray President & Mrs Macfadyen
4deputy chairman
5
6 Olive
7
8 ^I shall move at the general meeting that all branches claim their own
9subscriptions.^
10
Notation
The 'little pamphlet', probably a Cape Women's Enfranchisement League one, is no longer attached and insufficient information exists for it to be traced.
The 'little pamphlet', probably a Cape Women's Enfranchisement League one, is no longer attached and insufficient information exists for it to be traced.