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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box3/Fold1/1902/2 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 15 January 1902 |
| Address From | Hanover, Northern Cape |
| Address To | St James, Kalk Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Who To | Frances ('Fan') Schreiner nee Reitz |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| 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 address this letter was sent to has been derived from an attached envelope, which has been opened and the contents passed by the military censor. Schreiner was resident in Hanover from September 1900 to October 1907, after 1902 with visits, sometimes fairly lengthy, elsewhere.
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Jan 15th 1902
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3 Dear Fan
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5 I can’t think how Mrs Philpot can have sent the parcel to you.
6Please redirect it to me. If it is an MS. send it by book post
7registered if parcels can be registered. If it is an MS send it by
8book post registered ^if not send it as a parcel.^ Please open it & see
9what it is if not too much trouble. I’m writing in haste to catch
10the post. The only thing I have asked any one to send you is a cheque
11from America for an article on the Woman Question. I will come
12registered. Please send it on to me when it comes.
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14 Cron sends much love, much from me too dear sister
15 Ol
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3 Dear Fan
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5 I can’t think how Mrs Philpot can have sent the parcel to you.
6Please redirect it to me. If it is an MS. send it by book post
7registered if parcels can be registered. If it is an MS send it by
8book post registered ^if not send it as a parcel.^ Please open it & see
9what it is if not too much trouble. I’m writing in haste to catch
10the post. The only thing I have asked any one to send you is a cheque
11from America for an article on the Woman Question. I will come
12registered. Please send it on to me when it comes.
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14 Cron sends much love, much from me too dear sister
15 Ol
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Notation
The 'article on the Woman Question' refers to a two linked articles on 'Woman' published in the US, with these eventually becoming Woman and Labour.
The 'article on the Woman Question' refers to a two linked articles on 'Woman' published in the US, with these eventually becoming Woman and Labour.