L1.35 from WHI Bleek to LC Lloyd (21 August 1869)

L1.35 from WHI Bleek to LC Lloyd (21 August 1869)

Correspondence

A letter from Wilhelm Bleek to Lucy Lloyd, from Berlin and dated 21 July, 1869. Wilhelm dicusses their possible return to the Cape and activities in Bonn and surrounds. After consulting a doctor, Jemima has had a small operation and recovered briefly before falling ill again with a cold. Wilhelm is grateful for the manuscript and papers Lucy sent and grieved at her anxiety and how she has been suffering. He hopes her financial anxieties will soon be over, helped by a gift from her Aunt Cary.

21 August 1869

August 1869, aunt, Aunt Cary, Berlin, Bonn, Bonn visit, Cape, Caroline Dundas, cold, confinement, doctor, doctor's advice, Edith Bleek, financial anxiety, Fanny/Frances Lloyd, Fulah Grammar, gift, ill health, Jemima Bleek, Julia Lloyd, Lady Dundas, leaving England, letters, Loui/Lucy Lloyd, maid, manuscript, money, operation, papers, plans, recovery, return to Cape, steamer, strength, suffering, travel, visits, Wilhelm Bleek

1. Aunt Cary is Lucy's mother's sister Caroline Lady Dundas. 2. The letter description is taken from the Bleek-Lloyd Scott Family Archive Catalog 2007. [See Resources on this website]