To: Wilhelm HI Bleek (17 November 1862)

To: Wilhelm HI Bleek (17 November 1862)

Correspondence

A short letter from Jemima Lloyd to Wilhelm Bleek, dated 17 November 1862, just under a week before their wedding. She asks him to read, seal (with her enclosed seal) and deliver Captain Strutt's letter to Anderson early, before seeing Mr Fairbridge. She adds that she is well and thought of him all day yesterday. Overleaf, she relays Lucy's message: as she will be with Jemima meeting the lawyer and then out shopping, she will not be at the house (New Street) until afternoon, and Tom must wait to begin "pasting" (wallpapering?).

Anderson, Captain Strutt, Fairbridge, house, Jemima Lloyd, lawyer, letter, legal arrangements, Loui, Lucy Lloyd, meeting, message, Mr Fairbridge, New Street house, November 1862, pasting, preparation of house, seal, shopping, time, thoughts, Tom, Wilhelm Bleek

1.The wedding was on 22 November 1862. 2. Mr Fairbridge is the solicitor Wilhelm and Jemima consulted about drawing up an antenuptial contract and their settlement. [See WB to JL 7am on 17 November 1862, C4.27] It is not clear whether Fairbridge was actually hired to do the work, however, as Jemima was unhappy after her meeting with him. [See WB to JL 16 November 1862, C4.25+26] 3. Tom is the "American Negro" former first cook on the wrecked Waldensian employed by Bleek for the New Street house. [See WB to Fanny Lloyd 30 October 1862, C6.5] 4. There is a photograph of Captain Strutt. See Photographs and Portraits on this website.