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Letter ReferenceOlive Schreiner BC16/Box2/Fold4/1901/52
ArchiveUniversity of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town
Epistolary TypeLetter
Letter Date6 September 1901
Address FromHanover, Northern Cape
Address Toc/o Mrs Murray, Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape
Who ToBetty Molteno and Alice Greene
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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 names of the addressees are indicated by salutation although the addressee on an attached envelope is Alice Greene. The address the letter was sent to is provided by the envelope, which has been opened and stamped by the military censor. Schreiner was resident in Hanover from September 1900 to October 1907, after 1902 with visits, sometimes fairly lengthy, elsewhere.
1 Sep 6 / 01
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3 Dear Friends
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5 I’ve only just found out you sent me the eggs. They are lovely. We
6have them for breakfast every morning. I have no servant now even for
7washing pots &c & they are a great help because one can boil them all
8at once & have them cold. It’s windy cold weather here but it’s so
9nice having my darling back again.
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11 All old clothes thankfully received.
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13 Yours ever & ever
14 Olive
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