From: Wilhelm HI Bleek (15 November 1872)

From: Wilhelm HI Bleek (15 November 1872)

Correspondence

A letter from Wilhelm Bleek to Sir George Grey, sent from Cape Town on 15 November 1872. Bleek writes of ongoing Bushman research with Lucy Lloyd, though their instructors are homesick and efforts to bring their wives to them have failed. He believes they need two more years to be expert in the language, with 4000 columns of text completed. At the Grey Library, the inventory of Grey's books and manuscripts is nearly complete, at which time he will send Grey a copy. Bleek then comments on major political changes in the Cape. He closes by hoping Grey will write or visit to witness South Africa's "new life" and the future he once promised.

15 November 1872

Wilhelm Bleek (letter to Sir George Grey 15 November 1872), George Grey (Sir), future he promised (inventory of library near completion), instructors (|xam), homesick (unsuccessful attempt to find wives of), Bushmen (Wilhelm Bleek fears losing their), homesick (unsuccessful attempt to find their wives), Bushman (progress of - research), wives (of Bushmen in Bleek household), Lucy Lloyd (in Wilhelm Bleek's letter to Sir George Grey 15 November 1872), Grey Library (Wilhelm Bleek reports that its inventory is almost complete), inventory (of Grey Library), politics (great changes in Cape and Transvaal), letter (from Wilhelm Bleek to Sir George Grey 15 November 1872), Molteno government (changes to), John de Villiers (Attorney-General in Molteno government), Henry White (Doctor), Elliot Smith (Minister of Public Works in Molteno government), Charles Brownlee (Secretary for Native Affairs Molteno Government), Johannes Brand (President of Free State), Jan de Wet (asks to be remembered to Sir George Grey)

1. For a short summary of this letter, see Dr OH Spohr's typewritten notes on Wilhelm Bleek's letters to Sir George Grey (C10.19.1-26).