4, 1 of 8

4, 1 of 8

Correspondence

A letter from Wilhelm Bleek to Jemima Lloyd sent from Cape Town and dated 19 January 1862. Wilhelm writes of everyday matters and news as well as the usual topics of discussion in his letters to Jemima - including their health, religious views and her troubled family history - while anxiously awaiting Jemima's answer to his proposal letter. He also describes the process whereby the Grey Library was founded and the possibility of his being awarded the position of librarian there.

19 January 1862

anxiety, awaiting answer, answer, anxiety, appointment, bad account of health, boarding house, Cape news, Cape Parliament, cruelty, daughters, dilemmas, engagement, expectation of employment, family, fate, father, friends, friendship with Lucy Lloyd, finances, foundation of Grey Library, gossip, Governor, grant, Grey Library appointment, ill health, January 1862, Jemima Lloyd, laughs at others and himself, letter, library, Lieutenant-Governor of Natal, Lloyd family in Natal, lodgings, Lucy Lloyd, mail time, mailship, marriage, most determined enemy, Mr Shepstone, Mrs Roesch's boarding house, Natal family, Natal history, news, nurse himself, Parliamentary grant, personal history, planning return, plans for voyage, poor impression, proposal, religion, religious puzzles, reported cruelty, return voyage, Rev. William Lloyd, services declined, Sir George Grey, Sir George Grey presents collection, sisters, South African Public Library, strong health, tavel companions, troubles with father, vagueness, voyage, vulgar persons, Wilhelm Bleek, William Lloyd's treatment of daughters, worries, writing letters

1. An extract from this letter, concerning Wilhelm Bleek's appointment as the Grey Librarian, is the first in a short series of extracts all transcribed in pencil by Jemima Lloyd from letters written to her by Wilhelm between 19 January and 22 August 1862. [See also C4.9.] 2. See Wilhelm Bleek's proposal/declaration letter to Jemima Lloyd of 31 October 1861 [C4.7]. Jemima Lloyd's "answer" letter is dated 4 January 1862 [see C8.10].