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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Ruth Alexander MSC 26/2.1.28 |
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 6 December 1920 |
| Address From | Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Address To | Hillbrow, St James, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Who To | Ruth Alexander nee Schechter |
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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 postcard, which is part of its Special Collections. The date of this postcard is provided by the postmark and the address it was sent to and the addressee are on its front. Schreiner stayed with her niece Ursula Scott, her sister-in-law Fan Schreiner, and her friend Lucy Molteno, in Cape Town after her arrival from Britain on 30 August 1920, moving to a boarding-house in Wynberg in late October, where she was resident until her death on 11 December 1920.
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I do hope Solly is better. I would not have dreamed of coming if I had
2known how ill he was. You have too much on your hands my dear
3wonderful one.
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5 Olive
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7 Send me your husbands address on a Post Card.
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2known how ill he was. You have too much on your hands my dear
3wonderful one.
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5 Olive
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7 Send me your husbands address on a Post Card.
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