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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Mary Sauer MSC 26/2.11.21 |
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 29 April 1891 |
| Address From | Matjesfontein, Western Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Mary Sauer nee Cloete |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the National Library of South Africa (NLSA), Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections. The date has been written on this note in an unknown hand. Content indicates that Schreiner was in Matjesfontein when it was written.
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Dear Mary
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3 I leave by tomorrow morning's train; get to town late at night. Don't
4know by what train I can get out to you.
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6 Thanks, haste,
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8 Olive
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10 Got letter from Arnold White this week, Am very angry with him about
11article in Contemporary Review, have you seen it? So glad to think of
12seeing you, & having a talk.
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14 O.S
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3 I leave by tomorrow morning's train; get to town late at night. Don't
4know by what train I can get out to you.
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6 Thanks, haste,
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8 Olive
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10 Got letter from Arnold White this week, Am very angry with him about
11article in Contemporary Review, have you seen it? So glad to think of
12seeing you, & having a talk.
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14 O.S
15
Notation
The article by Arnold White appeared as: 'The Colonisation Report' The Contemporary Review April 1891 pp.609-19; it supports the mass colonisation of South Africa by Britain and his political views are antithetical to Schreiner's.
The article by Arnold White appeared as: 'The Colonisation Report' The Contemporary Review April 1891 pp.609-19; it supports the mass colonisation of South Africa by Britain and his political views are antithetical to Schreiner's.