From: Donald Moodie (05 November 1856)

From: Donald Moodie (05 November 1856)

Correspondence

A letter from Donald Moodie to Wilhelm Bleek, written from Doornkop, Natal, on 5 November 1856. Moodie thanks Bleek for his farewell letter and says his compilation is unlikely to be published, as no reply has come to the letter Sir George Grey forwarded to the Secretary of State. Without recognition, seeking aid from the Cape Parliament seems pointless. He has translated 1700 pages of material on the "Coloured races" that support his and Bleek's views on the Bushmen, citing a 1661 dispatch by Jan Van Riebeeck confirming key details in the "Voice" relating to the "Berg Volk". He offers to send Bleek lectures and book chapters, asks for his new address and urges him to write, noting few share their interest.

05 November 1856

Wilhelm Bleek (letter from Donald Moodie 5 November 1856) (has left Natal for the Cape) (shared views on Bushmen with Donald Moodie) (Donald Moodie sending him copies of chapters and lectures) (Donald Moodie's assistance procuring research materials for) (Donald Moodie asks for his Cape address, continued communication) (one of few who "care a straw" for Donald Moodie's research), Donald Moodie (letter to Wilhelm Bleek 5 November 1856) (translated 1700 pages on "Coloured races") (no "public countenance" of his work) (attempts to get assistance from Cape Parliament for publication) (shared views on Bushmen with Wilhelm Bleek) (sending Wilhelm Bleek copies of chapters and lectures) (assistance procuring research materials for Wilhelm Bleek) (admiralty thanked him for ethnological communications) (asks for Wilhelm Bleek's Cape address, continued communication) (few "care a straw" for his research) (research in Cape Records and "Voice"), letter (from Donald Moodie to Wilhelm Bleek 5 November 1856) (farewell note from Wilhelm Bleek in Durban to Donald Moodie) (Donald Moodie has not received reply to his of 30 October 1855 forwarded by Sir George Grey to Secretary of State), George Grey (Sir) (support for Donald Moodie's attempt to publish his research) (assistance procuring Donald Moodie's research materials) (procured 1661 van Riebeeck dispatch from the Hague for Donald Moodie referring to Bushmen) (in letter from Donald Moodie to Wilhelm Bleek 5 November 1856), Jan van Riebeeck (dispatch of 3 May 1661) (dispatch extract in letter from Donald Moodie to Wilhelm Bleek 5 November 1856) (describes defeat of Souquas or Berg Volk in dispatch) (dispatch procured for Donald Moodie from Hague by Sir George Grey), ethnology (correspondence concerning between Donald Moodie and Wilhelm Bleek) (material collected by Donald Moodie on "Coloured races") (research and views on Bushman held by Donald Moodie) (in letter from Donald Moodie to Wilhelm Bleek 5 November 1856), Bushmen (in research on the "Coloured races" by Donald Moodie) ("Berg Volk"/Souquas in Namaquas in van Riebeeck's dispatch of 1661) (appearance compared to "pastoral Hottentots") (references to in the Cape Records and "Voice" studied by Donald Moodie) (in letter from Donald Moodie to Wilhelm Bleek 5 November 1856) (Donald Moodie and Wilhelm Bleek's shared views on) (Donald Moodie and Wilhelm Bleek's views on corroborated in Cape Records), Souquas (or "Berg Volk") (in Namaquas in van Riebeeck's dispatch of 1661) (appearance compared to "pastoral Hottentots") (in letter from Donald Moodie to Wilhelm Bleek 5 November 1856), publication (of Donald Moodie's research "compilation") (Donald Moodie's attempts to get assistance from Cape Parliament for) (in letter from Donald Moodie to Wilhelm Bleek 5 November 1856), Cape Parliament (Donald Moodie's attempts to get assistance from for publication of his research compilation) (and Sir George Grey's assistance to Donald Moodie in publication of his research) (and Moodie letter Sir George Grey was to forward to Secretary of State with report from Executive Council) (in letter from Donald Moodie to Wilhelm Bleek 5 November 1856)

1. This letter includes a typewritten transcription.