To: Jemima C Lloyd (09 June 1862)

To: Jemima C Lloyd (09 June 1862)

Correspondence

A letter from Wilhelm Bleek to Jemima Lloyd, sent from Cape Town and dated 9 June 1862. Wilhelm responds to Jemima's "concise history" described in her recent letter, her "proposal" regarding their marriage, the management and investment of Jemima's fortune upon her marriage, informing Jemima's father of their marriage, and their commitment to each other if sexual intercourse is for some reason not possible. These themes are in addition to the usual discussions of his health, the progress of his "Grammar" and his appointment as Grey Librarian.

09 June 1862

A Comparative Grammar of the South African Languages, advice, access to capital, act rightly on doctor's advice, appointment as Grey Librarian, anxiety, Bishop of Natal, Bishop of Natal made up with Rev. Lloyd, Bishop of Natal's farewell letter, bodily constitutions and marriage, Bonn doctor, Bonn visit, broken engagement, Cape Parliament, Cape trustees, capital, collection of English subscriptions, concise history, consultation with Dr Wolff, crowning joy of the married state, daughter/s, doctor, doctor's advice, Dr Wolff, Dutch Reformed Church, employment anxiety, engagement, engagement announcement, England, English family, family, Fanny/Frances Lloyd, father, father's behaviour, father's treatment of daughters, fear of shipwreck, finances, financial anxiety, forgiving/respecting Rev. Lloyd, Foreign Office and Trübner subscriptions, fortune, foundation of Grey Library, friend, friendship, future invalidism, George Woolley, Grey Library position/appointment, hasty and wrong letter to Lucy Lloyd, health, Het Volksblad editors, Het Volksblad leaders, Het Volksblad politics, Het Volksblad replacement candidates, Het Volksblad work, humble lot, ill health, informing English relations of engagement, informing father of engagement, informing people of engagement, informing sisters of engagement, inheritance, Jemima Lloyd, Jemima Lloyd's concise history, Jemima Lloyd's fortune, Jemima Lloyd's proposal, Jemima Lloyd's return voyage, John Colenso, Julia Lloyd, June 1862, letter, literary work, Lloyd family, Lloyd sisters, love, Lucy Lloyd, Lucy Lloyd in concise history, Lucy Lloyd vexed, Lucy Lloyd's broken engagement, Lucy Lloyd's engagement advice, Lucy Lloyd's manner, Lucy Lloyd's sad personal history, marriage, marriage account, medical history, modest lot, money, Mr Frere, Mr Justice Watermeyer, Natal in concise history, Natal family, Natal history, Parliament, Parliamentary grant, personal history, planned publication, plan to visit sisters before marriage, plans to provide, poor George, progress of publication, proposal, publication, reduced work and income, release from Het Volksblad, resolved to become wife, return voyage to Cape, Rev. Lloyd, sexual intercourse as invalids, sharing engagement news, sharing finances, Sir Thomas Maclear, sister/s, sources of income, spiritual union, steamer booking, subject of Natal, subscriptions income, telling people, Trübner & Co publishers, trustees, trustee candidates, Uncle Marmaduke, Uncle Marmaduke's letter, Uncle Marmaduke's proposal, uncles, uncles approve of engagement, visiting Natal before marriage, wife, Wilhelm Bleek, William Lloyd, world's opinions, writing work, work and ill health

1. There are photographs of Dr Wolff. See Photographs and Portraits on this website.