L1.25 from WHI Bleek to LC Lloyd (09 October 1863)

L1.25 from WHI Bleek to LC Lloyd (09 October 1863)

Correspondence

A letter from Wilhelm Bleek to Lucy Lloyd, from Cape Town and dated 9 October 1863. Wilhelm reports on baby Edith's health and development and refers to "approval or disapproval" concerning Nellie's staying with them. He describes various recent visitors and Jemima's improved health as well as some of the family's daily activities. The letter contains a brief postscript from Jemima thanking her "darlings" for their letters, responding to news of Lucy's improved health, and reporting her own improved strength and busyness with baby.

09 October 1863

Archdeacon Lloyd, Augusta Maclear, baby, Bella Lloyd, Botanic Gardens, Cape Town, daily activities, daily walks, daughters, development, disapproval, Edith Bleek, Ellen Lloyd, England, half-sisters, health, ill health, Isabella Lloyd, Jemima Bleek, letter, Lloyd sisters, Loui, Lucy Lloyd, Maclear, Miss Maclear, Miss Augusta Maclear, mail steamer, Miss Maclear, Nellie Lloyd, news, October 1863, parents, postscript, Sir Thomas Maclear, visitors, weather, Wilhelm Bleek

1. From catalogue footnote #5, p.6: "Nellie or Ellen Lloyd, born June 8, 1845, was the four Lloyd sisters' eldest half-sister, two years younger than Julia and 15 at this time. Bella, Isabella Rosamund Lloyd, was seven, born May 20, 1856." 2. The letter description is taken from the Bleek-Lloyd Scott Family Archive Catalog 2007. [See Resources on this website]