From: Lucy C Lloyd (03 August 1876)

From: Lucy C Lloyd (03 August 1876)

Correspondence

A letter from Lucy Lloyd to Ernst Haeckel sent from Mowbray on 3 August 1876. Lloyd encloses newspaper articles and letters from Professor Max Müller and Dr Julius Jolly about the continuation of Wilhelm Bleek's work. She writes that Jemima has done her best with the appeal, and Bleek's friends have given them hope they can secure Jolly's services, despite Dr Dale refusing Jolly's offer without consulting the Grey Library Trustees. She reports Jemima's improving health, the baby's appearace and strength and Edith's illness. Despite no news yet on Jemima's pension, she has secured a £200 grant from the Colonial Legislature for printing Bushman Collections. Lloyd thanks Haeckel for his support raising funds and urges his continued influence. She shares their anxiety for the Grey Library's future and hopes Dr Jolly can continue Bleek's philological work, allowing her to return to the Bushman work full-time.

03 August 1876

Lucy Lloyd (sends news of Jemima Bleek and children), Jemima Bleek (still waiting to hear of pension petition success), continuing Wilhelm Bleek's work (sends Dr Jolly and Max Müller's letters to Ernst Haeckel with Lucy Lloyd's), continuing Wilhelm Bleek's work (her Cape Parliamentary grant applications for Bushman expenses and printing), Wilhelm Bleek (fundraising in Europe by his friends), continuing his work (Lucy Lloyd asks Ernst Haeckel to use his influence to raise European awareness of his work), Ernst Haeckel (Wilhelm Bleek's cousin), cousin (Lucy Lloyd's letter to Wilhelm Bleek's Ernst Haeckel 3 August 1876), ill health (Jemima Bleek's daughter Edith), family (Lucy Lloyd sends Ernst Haeckel news of Jemima Bleek and children), letter (Lucy Lloyd's to Ernst Haeckel 3 August 1876), newspaper article (Lucy Lloyd sends to Ernst Haeckel with her letter), philological work (Max Müller recommended Dr Jolly to continue Wilhelm Bleek's), Bushman research (Jemima Bleek and Lucy Lloyd's attempts to print), pension (Civil List), Dale (Dr), Martin Haug (Professor), Grey Library (Trustees), grant (application submitted to Cape Premier previous April), death (of Martin Haug), finances (Jemima Bleek's work on appeal to secure funding), Max Müller (Professor), Julius Jolly (Dr)

1. By "appeal" Lloyd refers to the printed appeal to friends of science. (See Lucy Lloyd to French Anthropological Society, 18 September 1875 [C15.5].)