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| Letter Reference | Schreiner-Hemming Family BC 1080 A1.7/94 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Sunday 1907 |
| Address From | Eastbergholt, Tamboer’s Kloof Road, Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Henrietta (‘Ettie’) Schreiner m. Stakesby Lewis (1891) |
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| Legend |
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 year has been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
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Eastbergholt
2 Tambour’s Kloof Rd
3 Sunday morning
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5 My darling
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7 I was so sorry I couldn’t come to the meeting it was a terrible day.
8I did not get off the bed all day & simply couldn’t come. Fan was so
9delighted with your speech said it was so fine.
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11 I shall try to go to hear the speeches & perhaps shall be able to see
12you after the meeting for a moment.
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14 I left two of my meerkat boxes at Elizas & they are now in town. Ely
15said you were sending the waggon down for some of her things. If I can
16arrange could the boy take up by two meerkat boxes to unreadable ^stop^
17at the Highlands till I decide what to do with them? Tell me tomorrow
18evening.
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20 Oh my darling I do such wish you could get rid of the Highlands
21altogether.
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23 Good bye darling
24 Olive
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2 Tambour’s Kloof Rd
3 Sunday morning
4
5 My darling
6
7 I was so sorry I couldn’t come to the meeting it was a terrible day.
8I did not get off the bed all day & simply couldn’t come. Fan was so
9delighted with your speech said it was so fine.
10
11 I shall try to go to hear the speeches & perhaps shall be able to see
12you after the meeting for a moment.
13
14 I left two of my meerkat boxes at Elizas & they are now in town. Ely
15said you were sending the waggon down for some of her things. If I can
16arrange could the boy take up by two meerkat boxes to unreadable ^stop^
17at the Highlands till I decide what to do with them? Tell me tomorrow
18evening.
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20 Oh my darling I do such wish you could get rid of the Highlands
21altogether.
22
23 Good bye darling
24 Olive
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