To: Wilhelm HI Bleek (21 November 1862)

To: Wilhelm HI Bleek (21 November 1862)

Correspondence

A letter from Jemima Lloyd to Wilhelm Bleek, written at 8am on 21 November 1862, the day before their wedding. Jemima writes that Wilhelm's letter made her very happy, but she only has time to answer the "business part". She has not yet received Reid's letter but will send it to Wilhelm once it arrives. She conveys the day's arrangements involving Tom and Lucy, who feels "wonderfully well", and tells Wilhelm which wedding ale she prefers. She assures him that Mrs Roesch will provide the flowers, so he must not worry. Jemima reports feeling better, writing that when and how they meet today will depend on the "Mr Reid business", and she will write to him when Reid's "paper" comes. In a postscript, she asks him to post their letters and bring his card list when they meet later.

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1.The wedding was on Saturday 22 November 1862. 2. Mr Reid is the Cape solicitor drawing up Jemima's marriage settlement and/or antenuptial contract. [See JL to WB 17 November 1862, C8.33 and also WB to JL 17 November 1862, C4.27] 3. Wilhelm moved from Mrs Roesch's boarding house to Parker's Hotel in time for Jemima's arrival in Cape Town for propriety's sake. [See WB to JL 9 November 1862, C4.24] 4. Tom is the "American Negro" former first cook on the wrecked Waldensian employed by Bleek for the New Street house. [See Wilhelm Bleek's letter to Fanny Lloyd 30 October 1862, C6.5] 5. The card list is likely a list of people to send their new joint card to before the wedding. [See WB to JL undated, C4.43].