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Mss Eur F699/2/3/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003316865
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003256818
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100033700738.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/2/3/2
- Title:
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Florence Nightingale: Correspondence from hospitals in Scutari & Balaclava
- Scope & Content:
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Part of extracted correspondence relating to Florence Nightingale. She writes from Scutari Barracks regarding nursing, nurses, financial matters, cholera, the dismissal of Miss Brooke for 'drunkenness, incompetency & insubordination' in Sep, and on 1 Oct about the conduct of Miss Salisbury, accused of theft of 'free gifts'. During her illness in Jun-Jul 1855, Charles and Selina Bracebridge write with news. Folder consists of:
Wrapper 'Miss Nightingale Mrs Bracebridge to Lady Canning to be returned'.
Correspondence from Florence Nightingale, 2 annotated envelopes (undated); letters from Scutari dated 5 Apr 1855, 22 Apr 1855, 22 Apr 1855, 9 Sep 1855, 16 Sep 1855, 23 Sep 1855, 1 Oct 1855, & letter from Balaklava dated 10 May 1855.
Correspondence from Selena Bracebridge, Scutari, 13 May 1855 & 8 Jun 1855, and Charles Holte Bracebridge, Balaclava, 22 May 1855 & Scutari, 8 Jul 1855.
Draft replies from Charlotte Canning to Florence Nightingale, 11 Aug 1855, & 8 Oct 1855, in reply to letters of 9, 16 & 23 Sep 1855.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003256818
033-003309784
036-003316132
040-003316865 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F699 : Papers of Charles Canning and Charlotte Canning, Earl and Countess Canning
Mss Eur F699/2 : Papers of Charlotte, Lady Canning
Mss Eur F699/2/3 : Papers relating to Nursing & the Crimean War
Mss Eur F699/2/3/2 : Florence Nightingale: Correspondence from hospitals in Scutari & Balaclava - Hierarchy:
- 032-003256818[0004]/033-003309784[0003]/036-003316132[0002]/040-003316865
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F699
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder (17 items)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- May 1855-Oct 1855
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- WYL250/10/5/4
WYL250/9/177/Z/2 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)