To: Jemima C Lloyd (21 October 1862)

To: Jemima C Lloyd (21 October 1862)

Correspondence

A letter from Wilhelm Bleek to Jemima Lloyd, sent from Cape Town and dated 21 October 1862. Wilhelm reports Lucy's safe arrival in the Cape after surviving the wreck of the Waldensian near Struys Bay. He describes the anxiety and practical difficulties he experienced finding out information about her wellbeing, location and route to Cape Town, and their eventual meeting near Eerste River.

21 October 1862

anxiety, arrival of Jemima Lloyd, arrival of Lucy Lloyd, attended church, Cape, darling Jemmie, details of wreck in article, Eerste River, fatigue and cold after wreck, health, husband, ill appearance, ill health, illness due to weather, improved appearance, Jemima Lloyd, lack of information, lack of strength and usefulness, last year at boarding house, letter, looked unwell at Eerste River, Lucy Lloyd, Lucy Lloyd's journey from Natal to Cape, Lucy Lloyd's wreck ordeal, Lucy Lloyd's journey from Struys Bay, met Lucy Lloyd at Eerste River, Mrs Roesch's boarding house, her husband's treasure, Natal, newspaper report of wreck, October 1862, preparation for Jemima Lloyd's arrival, religion, reports safe arrival of Lucy Lloyd, sending newspapers to Mrs Fisher, shyness with strangers, steamer, strength, Struys Bay, travel, unable to travel to Struys Bay to help, unwell, usefulness, voyage Natal to Cape, Waldensian, weather, Wilhelm Bleek, wreck, wreck of Waldensian

1. Jemima sailed on (or about) 5 October 1862.