To: Felice Finzi (18 June 1871)

To: Felice Finzi (18 June 1871)

Correspondence

A draft letter from Lucy Lloyd to Felice Finzi, written in June 1871 on behalf of an ailing Wilhelm Bleek. She thanks him for his photograph, pamphlets and "Archivio" and explains they cannot send Cape journal papers in return, as none of interest are published in the Cape. Bleek's paper on Australian languages was read at the Royal Association of Liverpool but, disappointingly, they have received no copy. Lloyd describes how, despite illness, Bleek has been working on Bushman languages with two Bushmen now living at their home. Lloyd mentions the language's difficulty and Bleek's plan to enclose photographs, including one of the "elder" Bushman (||kabbo). She asks Finzi to write in a larger hand for easier translation.

18 June 1871

Wilhelm Bleek (ill health) (year of work on Bushman language) (draft letter by Lucy Lloyd to Felice Finzi on behalf of 18 June 1871) (Finzi sent pamphlets and "Archivio" to) ("On the Position of the Australian Languages" read at Royal Association [?] Liverpool 1870) (sends Felice Finzi photographs) (sends Felice Finzi his "Cape Monthly Magazine" paper), Felice Finzi (Lucy Lloyd's draft letter to on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek 18 June 1871) (sent Bleek "Archivio" and pamphlets for Grey Library) (is sent photographs of Bushman and others) (Wilhelm Bleek thanks him for his portrait photograph) (is sent Wilhelm Bleek's "Cape Monthly Magazine" paper), letter (draft of Lucy Lloyd's to Felice Finzi on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek 18 June 1871) (responding to Felice Finzi's to Wilhelm Bleek's of 13 November 1870), Lucy Lloyd (draft letter to Felice Finzi 18 June 1871) (letter on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek who is ill) (read Felice Finzi's "Archivio") (answering Wilhelm Bleek's letter from Felice Finzi from 13 November 1870) (does Wilhelm Bleek's Finzi translations) (studied Italian as a girl) (comments on difficulty, sound of Bushman language) (tells Felice Finzi about Bushmen at their house) (asks Felice Finzi to write more clearly), publication (Wilhelm Bleek's "On the Position of the Australian Languages" in draft letter by Lucy Lloyd to Felice Finzi on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek 18 June 1871) (Felice Finzi's "Archivio" and pamphlets sent to Wilhelm Bleek) (Wilhelm Bleek sends Felice Finzi his "Cape Monthly Magazine" paper), ill health (Wilhelm Bleek's) (Lucy Lloyd's letter to Felice Finzi due to Wilhelm Bleek's - 18 June 1871), photographs (Wilhelm Bleek to send some to Felice Finzi) (Felice Finzi sent one of "elder" Bushman) (Wilhelm Bleek thanks Felice Finzi for his portrait) (in Lucy Lloyd's draft letter to Felice Finzi on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek 18 June 1871), Bushmen (first two in Mowbray) (from Convict Station) (behaviour of at Mowbray) (attachment of to Bleek family) (Lucy Lloyd describes first two) (in Lucy Lloyd's draft letter to Felice Finzi on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek 18 June 1871), Bushman (Wilhelm Bleek working hard for past year on - language) (Lucy Lloyd on difficulty of - language) (-language like "chattering of monkeys") (photographs sent to Felice Finzi) (photograph of "elder" - sent to Felice Finzi) (Lucy Lloyd describes face of "elder") (in Lucy Lloyd's draft letter to Felice Finzi on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek 18 June 1871), language (Wilhelm Bleek busy learning Bushman) (Lucy Lloyd's comments on Bushman) (Felice Finzi's Australian - studies in his "Archivio" and pamphlets sent to Wilhelm Bleek) (Wilhelm Bleek's paper"On the Position of the Australian -s") (in Lucy Lloyd's draft letter to Felice Finzi on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek 18 June 1871), Library of the Propaganda (Rome) (Felice Finzi thanked for his efforts at) (in Lucy Lloyd's draft letter to Felice Finzi on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek 18 June 1871), Grey Library (Felice Finzi sent copy of "Archivio" and pamphlets to Wilhelm Bleek for) (in Lucy Lloyd's draft letter to Felice Finzi on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek 18 June 1871), On the Position of the Australian Languages (Wilhelm Bleek's paper read at Royal Association [?] Liverpool 1870) (Wilhelm Bleek has not yet received copy of his paper) (in Lucy Lloyd's draft letter to Felice Finzi on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek 18 June 1871), Archivio per l'Antropologia e l'Etnologia (journal co-authored by Felice Finzi) (Felice Finzi sent copy and pamphlets for Grey Library) (in Lucy Lloyd's draft letter to Felice Finzi on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek 18 June 1871), Cape Monthly Magazine (Wilhelm Bleek sends his paper in to Felice Finzi) (in Lucy Lloyd's draft letter to Felice Finzi on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek 18 June 1871), ||kabbo ("elder" Bushman) (one of first two Bushmen at Mowbray) (from Convict Station) (photograph of sent to Felice Finzi) (Lucy Lloyd comments on his face, demeanour in photograph) (in Lucy Lloyd's draft letter to Felice Finzi on behalf of Wilhelm Bleek 18 June 1871)

1. It is difficult to locate a record of a Royal Association in Liverpool at the time - there was a Royal Institute, and perhaps Lloyd meant this body. 2. Finzi's "Archivio" refers to a journal he co-founded: "Archivio per l'Antropologia e l'Etnologia" (Archive of Anthropology and Ethnology).