L1.39 pg 1 of 6

L1.39 pg 1 of 6

Correspondence

Jemima Bleek's letter to her sisters Fanny and Lucy Lloyd, dated 6 July 1869 from Bonn. Her letter is a "resume" of the fortnight since her previous letter, covering their time spent in England before leaving and since arriving in Bonn. Jemima describes being visited by and visiting many English friends and relations, including her aunts and Old Mr Woolley. She also details Wilhelm's activities making connections and promoting interest in his work (and seeing Sir George Grey). Jemima also describes her struggle with tiredness, face pain and packing for their Bonn trip. On 7 July in Bonn, Jemima receives a telegram that Julia Lloyd ("July") is very ill. She and Wilhelm may travel to Berlin if news arrives of Julia's condition worsening.

06 July 1869

appointments, aunts, Aunt July, Aunt Lizzie, Berlin, Bonn, brothers, Canon Henry Jeffreys, dear Brothers, Edith Bleek, Elizabeth Forbes, England, English family, exhaustion, family, fatigue, Fanny Lloyd, father's family, flea circus, Frances Lloyd, Forstners, friends, German trip, Germany, health news, Henry Jeffreys, ill health, Julia Byron, Julia Lloyd, Julia's illness, July, July 1869, letter, Lina Forstner, Lloyd sisters, London, Lucy Lloyd, maid, Marmaduke Jeffreys, maternal family, Mr Woolley, news, news of July, outing, packing, Papa, paternal aunt, pregnancy, relations, Reverend Woolley, Sir George Grey, sisters, telegram, tiredness, Uncle Henry, Uncle Marmaduke, uncles, visits, waiting, Wilhelm Bleek, Woolley, work connections

1. The catalogue gives the date of leaving England as July 2nd [see item #39]. 2. Jemima visits her aunts Elizabeth Forbes nee Lloyd, Jemima's father's sister, and Julia Byron, her mother's sister. 3. Jemima became close friends with "Old Mr" Woolley on her previous, pre-marriage trip to England in 1861/2. 4. The letter description is taken from the Bleek-Lloyd Scott Family Archive Catalog 2007. [See Resources on this website] 5. There are photographs of the Forstners and Reverend Woolley. [See Photographs and Portraits on this website.]