Reference code
ZA UCT BC151_2008 Addition_I_IA_25
Title
Wilhelm Bleek. Letter to Lucy Lloyd
Date(s)
- 1863 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2½p., octavo.
Name of creator
(1827-1875)
Name of creator
(1834-1914)
Name of creator
(1873-1948)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
October 9, 1863. Cape Town. To “My dear Loui . . .”
A very short letter to give Lucy news that “both Jemmie and Edith are very well.” The weather is improving and they take daily walks in the Botanic Gardens. It appears that Archdeacon and Mrs. Lloyd were in England, and Nellie was “in a great state” waiting for letters to arrive on the Mail Steamer from England and her parents reaction to the news that she was in Cape Town staying with the Bleeks. Bleek tells Lucy of some of the visitors they have had since Edith’s birth including Miss Maclear and Miss Augusta Maclear, daughters of the Astronomer Royal, Sir Thomas Maclear.
Jemima adds her first note to her sisters after Edith’s birth, saying what a comfort it was to receive their letters and “to know that my dear Loui is in some ways a little better again . . .”
A very short letter to give Lucy news that “both Jemmie and Edith are very well.” The weather is improving and they take daily walks in the Botanic Gardens. It appears that Archdeacon and Mrs. Lloyd were in England, and Nellie was “in a great state” waiting for letters to arrive on the Mail Steamer from England and her parents reaction to the news that she was in Cape Town staying with the Bleeks. Bleek tells Lucy of some of the visitors they have had since Edith’s birth including Miss Maclear and Miss Augusta Maclear, daughters of the Astronomer Royal, Sir Thomas Maclear.
Jemima adds her first note to her sisters after Edith’s birth, saying what a comfort it was to receive their letters and “to know that my dear Loui is in some ways a little better again . . .”