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Record Id:

032-002083373

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032-002083373

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Add MS 50134

Title:

CORRESPONDENCE OF SURGEON-GENERAL THOMAS GRAHAM BALFOUR, M.D., mostly relating to the Army Sanitary Commission of 1857, of which Balfour was Secretary, and its Report, published in 1858; 1857-1889. Presented by Michael Balfour, grandson of Surgeon-General T. G. Balfour.

Paper; ff. 283. Large folio.

1. ff. 1-159. Correspondence with Miss Florence Nightingale, O.M., also relating to the Statistical Branch of the Army Medical Department, of which Balfour was Deputy Inspector-General; 1857-1889. Her letters were lent by his son, Sir Graham Balfour, to Sir E. T. Cook for his Life of Florence Nightingale, 1913. Copied, in part, in Add. MS. 45772, ff. 230-283. Also quoted in Sir V. Z. Cope, Florence Nightingale and the Doctors, 1958.

2. ff. 160-283. Letters of Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea; 1857-1858. Includes (f. 264) one letter of his wife, Mary Elizabeth, 1858.

Scope & Content:

Medicine and Surgery: Correspondence, etc., relating to Army Sanitary Commission of 1857 and Army Medical Department: 1857-1889.

Surgeon-General Thomas Graham Balfour, MD: Correspondence,: 1857-1886.

Army; England: Correspondence, etc., rel. to Army Sanitary Commission of 1857 and Army Medical Dept.,: 1857-1889.

includes:

ff. 1-159 Florence Nightingale, OM: Correspondence with T. G. Balfour,: 1857-1889.
ff. 73-77 Mary Smith, wife of S Smith: Letter on behalf of her niece, Florence Nightingale, to T. G. Balfour,: 1859.
ff. 160-283 Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea: Letter to,: 1857-1858.
f. 243 John Sutherland, MD; sanitary reformer: Minute by,: 1857.
f. 264 Mary Elizabeth Herbert, wife of Sidney, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea: Letter to T. G. Balfour,: 1858.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-002083373

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1857

End Date:

1889

Date Range:

1857-1889

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Custodial History:

Michael Balfour, of the Board of Trade; grandson of Surgeon-General T G Balfour: Presented, in 1959.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Army of England
Balfour, Michael, civil servant and historian, 1908-1995
Balfour, Thomas Graham, physician; Surgeon-General, 1813-1891
Herbert, Mary Elizabeth, writer and philanthropist; wife of Baron Herbert of Lea, 1822-1911
Herbert, Sidney, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea
Nightingale, Florence, nursing and health care reformer, 1820-1910
Smith, Mary, wife of S Smith
Sutherland, John, MD, sanitary reformer