To: Jemima C Lloyd (20 July 1862)

To: Jemima C Lloyd (20 July 1862)

Correspondence

A letter from Wilhelm Bleek to Jemima Lloyd, sent from Cape Town and dated 20 July 1862. In this letter Wilhelm discusses many practical details such as Jemima's upcoming voyage to the Cape, the question of her travelling to Natal before her marriage, and Lucy Lloyd's travel to the Cape to prepare for Jemima's arrival. Wilhelm also updates Jemima on the (positive) progress of his Grey Library position. He reports sending Lucy a letter for her father informing him of her sister's engagement; he also refers to other correspondence, for example with Jemima's sisters. Other discussion includes his concern for Jemima's health and potential overexertion shopping, planning for their wedding and married life and her voyage. Wilhelm also discusses financial matters and the management of Jemima's fortune through the appointment of Cape Trustees.

20 July 1862

A Comparative Grammar of South African Languages, advice, affairs, affairs not settled, anxiety, appointment at Grey Library, appointment of Cape Trustees, arrival, asking father for Jemima Lloyd's hand, Augusta Charlotte Marianne Sethe, awaiting confirmation of Library position, best care for Jemima Lloyd, Boyne Hill, Cape, Cape Trustees, congenial feelings, consultations with Dr Russell, copies of Grammar sent out, debt to mother, determination to marry, doubts, doctor, Dr R. Russell, Dr Russell's advice, early marriage inadvisable, early return, Edwin Norris at Foreign Office, engagement, England, English family, exertion to be avoided, family, Fanny/Frances Lloyd, father, fear, feelings on voyage, finances, financial affairs/position, financial arrangements, fortune, friend, friendship, furniture, future, good ship, Grammar subscription money, grant for Library, Grey Library appointment, happiness, health, Henry Jeffreys, home, House of Assembly, household, ill health, illness, informing father of engagement, inheritance, John Sanderson, Julia Lloyd, Julia Lloyd's behaviour, July 1862, Jemima Lloyd, Jemima Lloyd's fortune, Jemima Lloyd's health and travel, July 1862, leaving England, letter to father, letters, Library, likeness, Lloyd sisters, longing, Lucy Lloyd, Lucy Lloyd suggests trustees, Lucy Lloyd's travel to Cape, management of fortune, Marmaduke Jeffreys, marriage, mental health, money, moods, mother, mother's family, Mr Norris, Mr Sanderson, Mr Shepstone, Natal, Natal family, Natal friends, Natal travel, novels for voyage, own home, plans, planning household, planning return voyage, position, progress, prudence, purchase of furniture, puzzle Jemima Lloyd's head, questions, recline and rest, recovery, resemblance, return plans, Rev. William Lloyd, R. Russell, safe return, sadness, setting up household, shopping for household items, sister/s, sofa, suggestion of trustees, sum of money, Thomas Byron, timing of return voyage, travel plans, trustees, uncle, uncles, Uncle Marmaduke, unsettled affairs, voyage, wedding, Wilhelm Bleek, William Lloyd, work, worry, writing letters

1. There are photographs of Dr Russell and his family, the Sandersons, and Edwin Norris. See Photographs and Portraits on this website. 2. This is probably the incomplete letter of June/July [see C4.18].