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Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box3/Fold5/1906/21 |
Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
Epistolary Type | Letter |
Letter Date | Monday 1 October 1906 |
Address From | Hotel De Aar, De Aar, Northern Cape |
Address To | |
Who To | Caroline Murray nee Molteno |
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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 month has been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
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The Hotel
2 De Aar
3 Monday 1st 1906
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5 Dear Mrs Murray
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7 I am going to Matjesfontein next Monday the 8th leaving this by the
8evening train as the MaGill’s say they can’t have me.
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10 Thanks so much for the trouble you took about the MaGills.
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12 It would be delightful if you were spending a couple of days at
13Matjesfontein, but I suppose you are in a hurry to get home again.
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15 I had a letter from Miss Greene yesterday. Now they are taking over
16Hellen Greene’s house it will be long before we see them I think; I
17fear, very long.
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19 Yours ever
20 Olive Schreiner
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22 ^My sister Mrs Lewis likes your son so much. He comes there to attend
23your niece.^
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2 De Aar
3 Monday 1st 1906
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5 Dear Mrs Murray
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7 I am going to Matjesfontein next Monday the 8th leaving this by the
8evening train as the MaGill’s say they can’t have me.
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10 Thanks so much for the trouble you took about the MaGills.
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12 It would be delightful if you were spending a couple of days at
13Matjesfontein, but I suppose you are in a hurry to get home again.
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15 I had a letter from Miss Greene yesterday. Now they are taking over
16Hellen Greene’s house it will be long before we see them I think; I
17fear, very long.
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19 Yours ever
20 Olive Schreiner
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22 ^My sister Mrs Lewis likes your son so much. He comes there to attend
23your niece.^
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