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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box3/Fold2/1903/13 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Lettercard |
| Letter Date | 12 July 1903 |
| Address From | PO Uitkÿk, Frasersburg Road, Western Cape |
| Address To | The Highlands, Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Who To | Rebecca Schreiner nee Lyndall |
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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 lettercard, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The date is provided by the postmark on this letter card, and the address it was sent to is on its front.
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My darling Mothie
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3 I am writing this is bed where I have been laid up for five days I am
4better & hope tomorrow to be about & flourishing. I am always thinking
5of you as I lie here & those weary hours of much greater pain &
6weakness than mine that you go through.
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8 Good bye My love to my darling old Ettie & all
9 Your Olive
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3 I am writing this is bed where I have been laid up for five days I am
4better & hope tomorrow to be about & flourishing. I am always thinking
5of you as I lie here & those weary hours of much greater pain &
6weakness than mine that you go through.
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8 Good bye My love to my darling old Ettie & all
9 Your Olive
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