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Letter Reference | Schreiner-Hemming Family BC 1080 A1.7/44 |
Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
Epistolary Type | Letter |
Letter Date | Friday 31 August 1901 |
Address From | Hanover, Northern Cape |
Address To | |
Who To | Effie Hemming m. Brown (1903) |
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The Project is grateful to Manuscripts and Archives, University of Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The date has been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
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Hanover
2 Friday
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4 Darling Effie
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6 I know mother is much to busy to write so drop me a line to tell me
7how Granny is. Did you all get the letters I posted the day I left
8Grahamstown, a little station on the way. I find l left my new nail
9cissors in Grahamstown but have got two new pairs of large ones. One
10must be yours or Aunt Hets, unless the man put me in a pair of large
11cissors in mistake for nail cissors at Parkes. Answer about this.
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13 I am clearing out my little room today to be all bright & fresh when
14uncle Cron comes on Monday. I felt so anxious about Grannie last night
15in the night. Please tell me just how she is. Does she take more
16interest in out side matters.
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18 Good bye dear, my love to you all including Arthur.
19 Your little Auntie Ol.
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21 Thank Aunt Het for pay the money for me I’ll send it tomorrow.
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2 Friday
3
4 Darling Effie
5
6 I know mother is much to busy to write so drop me a line to tell me
7how Granny is. Did you all get the letters I posted the day I left
8Grahamstown, a little station on the way. I find l left my new nail
9cissors in Grahamstown but have got two new pairs of large ones. One
10must be yours or Aunt Hets, unless the man put me in a pair of large
11cissors in mistake for nail cissors at Parkes. Answer about this.
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13 I am clearing out my little room today to be all bright & fresh when
14uncle Cron comes on Monday. I felt so anxious about Grannie last night
15in the night. Please tell me just how she is. Does she take more
16interest in out side matters.
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18 Good bye dear, my love to you all including Arthur.
19 Your little Auntie Ol.
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21 Thank Aunt Het for pay the money for me I’ll send it tomorrow.
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