To: Sir Henry Barkly (1870 [?])
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Title
To: Sir Henry Barkly (1870 [?])
Collection
Correspondence
Summary
Draft letter to the Governor, Sir Henry Barkly, from Wilhelm Bleek, asking for permission to have Bushman prisoners stay at his home so that he may gain knowledge of their language and observe them in the interests of science. Includes three pages of language notes, the second and third pages divided according to headings "Namaqua", "!Kora", "Cape" and "Eastern".
Date
1870 [?]
Keyword
Wilhelm Bleek (draft letter to Governor Sir Henry Barkly c. 1870)
Notes
1. A note in pencil suggests the draft may have been written c. 1870. A later/final draft of the letter is dated 23 August 1870 [see C11.7].
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