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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Mimmie Murray 2001.24/100 |
| Archive | National English Literary Museum, Grahamstown |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 10 January 1914 |
| Address From | Florence, Italy |
| Address To | Broederstroom, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape |
| Who To | Andre Murray |
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| 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 is provided by the postmark on this postcard and the address it was sent to and the addressee are on its front. On it is a picture of Florence with the caption ‘Firenze – Panorama della Citta visto da S. Miniato al Monte’.
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Thank you so much for your letter. This is a picture of Florence where
2I have been staying for two weeks. I am going to Mentone tomorrow via
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5 Olive Schreiner
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2I have been staying for two weeks. I am going to Mentone tomorrow via
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5 Olive Schreiner
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