To: Frances Lloyd (30 October 1862)

To: Frances Lloyd (30 October 1862)

Correspondence

A letter from Wilhelm Bleek to Frances (Fanny) Lloyd, sent from Cape Town on 30 October 1862. Wilhelm describes preparations for Jemima's arrival and the house he and Lucy have taken in New Street, near the library with views of Table Mountain. They've hired a capable servant, former cook on the Waldensian steamer, and are busy with preparations, although Wilhelm fears they won't be ready in time. He praises Lucy's "indefatigable" help; how she thinks him "a very foolish person" and shares some banter between sister- and brother-in-law to be. Wilhelm reports that Lucy heard their banns read at the Cathedral last Sunday, and the wedding will shortly follow Jemima's arrival. He adds that Jemima will be glad he made Lucy stay in Cape Town, though she's anxious to return to her sisters in Natal.

30 October 1862

Wilhelm Bleek (letter to Fanny Lloyd 30 October 1862), Frances Lloyd (Fanny), Jemima Lloyd (Wilhelm Bleek writes to her sister Fanny 30 October 1862), Lucy Lloyd ("Loui"), letter (from Wilhelm Bleek to Fanny Lloyd 30 October 1862), sister (Jemima Lloyd's Fanny), marriage (Lucy Lloyd heard banns published at Cathedral on Sunday), wedding (when it will take place), servant (taken on at New Street house), an "American Negro" (in Wilhelm Bleek's letter to Fanny Lloyd 19 August 1862), house (in New Street)

1. The servant Wilhelm hired, the "American Negro" former first cook on the Waldensian, is Tom, referred to in many of Wilhelm's and Jemima's letters after her arrival in the Cape before their wedding. [See C6.7]