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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box3/Fold2/1903/11 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Thursday June 1903 |
| Address From | Beaufort West, Western Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Frances (‘Fan’) Schreiner nee Reitz |
| Other Versions | |
| 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 month and year have been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
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c/o Mrs Kriel
2 Beaufort West
3Thursday
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5 My darling Fan
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7 How are you all? How is Will.
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9 Cron has been staying for ten days at his mother’s at Rondebosch,
10but doesn’t mention having seen any of you.
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12 I am for the present here. I go out to-day to visit General Malan’s
13farm, & return here tomorrow. Next Wednesday I shall go out to stay at
14a farm called Uitkijk near Fraserburg Rd, but please drop me a line
15before that addressed to Beaufort West.
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17 What do you & Will think of the little mother’s condition?
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19 Good bye dear
20 Olive
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22 ^You would be glad to hear how Malan & his men talk of your brother
23Frank.^
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2 Beaufort West
3Thursday
4
5 My darling Fan
6
7 How are you all? How is Will.
8
9 Cron has been staying for ten days at his mother’s at Rondebosch,
10but doesn’t mention having seen any of you.
11
12 I am for the present here. I go out to-day to visit General Malan’s
13farm, & return here tomorrow. Next Wednesday I shall go out to stay at
14a farm called Uitkijk near Fraserburg Rd, but please drop me a line
15before that addressed to Beaufort West.
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17 What do you & Will think of the little mother’s condition?
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19 Good bye dear
20 Olive
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22 ^You would be glad to hear how Malan & his men talk of your brother
23Frank.^
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