To: Anna Clason (nee Bleek) (24 July 1880)

To: Anna Clason (nee Bleek) (24 July 1880)

Correspondence

A lengthy draft letter from Lucy Lloyd to Anna Clason (née Bleek), dated 20 July 1880 from Charlton House, Mowbray. Lucy apologises for the long silence and gives a chronological account of her dismissal from the Grey Library, spanning late February to April. Despite being told she was no longer needed after 29 February, no provision was made for the Library's care. She and Jemima appealed to officials and trustees, resulting in a protest letter and government intervention that temporarily reinstated her. Lucy also reports cousin Annie Lloyd's and others' visits, sister Julia's declining health and Jemima's successful efforts to block the appointment of an unfit successor to Wilhelm at the Library. In March, two Bushman boys came to stay, joining the two already there and requiring Lucy's care. In April, Rev. Lloyd and Susan visited en route to England, which she describes. The letter ends abruptly here.

24 July 1880

ǃkun at Mowbray, ǃkun boys, ǀuma, Acting Surveyor-General, Acting Under-Colonial Secretary, actions of friends, actions to save Grey Library, aged appearance, Anna Clason, Annie and Captain Clarke, Annie Lloyd, anxious Library business, appointment of Wilhelm Bleek's successor, appointment of unfit person averted, arrival of 2 new little native boys, Attorney-General, Belle/Isabella Lloyd, aunt/s, Cape government, Captain Clarke, care of Grey Library, Carl H Hahn, Charles A Fairbridge, Committee of SAPL, condition of ǃkun boys, cousin, Da, daily round of duties and cares, danger to Library contents, daughter, dismissal from Grey Library, Edith Bleek, en route to England, family, Fanny/Frances Lloyd, father, Frere, friends, Garnet Wolseley, Governor, Governor's involvement, Governor's Private Secretary, grandchildren, Grey Library, Grey Library matter, Grey Library Trustees, half-sister, HE, HE's Private Secretary, His Excellency, holidays, ill and weakly appearance, ill health, interview, Isabella Lloyd, Jemmie/Jemima Bleek, Julie/Julia Lloyd, July 1880, lack of strength, Leones Argentina, letter, letter from Trustees, letter of protest, letter writing interrupted, library, library contents, Lloyd family, Lucy Lloyd, marriage, message, Millie Humphreys, Miss Frere, Mowbray, Mr WF Littleton, Mr Maskew, Mr Trimen, Mrs Bleek, Mrs Frere, Natal, Native boys, Native Department, notice, Oscar Clason, passage to England, Premier, Premier's Private Secretary, relations, removal from post, return ǃkun boys, Rev. CH Hahn, Rev. Lloyd, Roland Trimen, SAPL, SAPL Librarian, SAPL Committee, SAPL Committee's resolution, Secretary for Native Affairs, Senior Trustee, severe blow to Wilhelm Bleek's Library work, Simon's Town, Sir Garnet Wolseley, Sir George Grey, Sir Henry Bartle Frere, sisters and nieces, South African Public Library, strength barely sufficed, strangers, successor crisis, Susan Lloyd, Table Bay, treatment of Grey Library, troop-ship, trustees, unfit person, unwell and much altered, visits and visitors, washing and cleaning boys, WF Littleton, Wilhelm Bleek, William HC Lloyd, work at Grey Library