L2.95 pg 1 of 7

L2.95 pg 1 of 7

Correspondence

A letter written by Lucy Lloyd to her sisters Fanny and Julia Lloyd, October 15 1862. Lucy describes the wreck of the Waldensian mail steamer at Struys Point (13 October 1862) upon which she had been travelling to the Cape from Natal, and the rescue and her journey to the Cape. Her account includes her comments on people who helped her, a description of items lost and saved, and arrangements for the final stages of the journey to Cape Town. The letter also shows her discomfort travelling in strange company alone as a woman and some of her thoughts about social mixing during her adventure. Includes the envelope, inscribed by Fanny, in which the letter was kept, as well as a newspaper clipping describing the event.

15 October 1862

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1. For details about the Sandersons see catalogue footnote # 25. 2. See Wilhelm Bleek's account of his journey to collect Lucy from Eerste River in his letter to Jemima Lloyd, dated 21 October 1862 [C4.23]. 3. The letter description is taken from the Bleek-Lloyd Scott Family Archive Catalog 2007. [See Resources on this website]