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Mss Eur F699/2/3/7
- Record Id:
- 040-003316878
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003256818
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100033705288.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/2/3/7
- Title:
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Correspondence & other papers relating to the recruitment & deployment of nurses: I
- Scope & Content:
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Wrapper 'Private Miscellaneous'.
Letter from Georgiana Marryat, 13 Feb [1855?] regarding position for Mr Tynell [Tyrell?] ministering to the sick.
Calling card for Rev B Milnes, from Mr [Benjamin] Hawes, War Office. Also letter from Rev Grantham M Yorke, St Philip's Rectory [Birmingham], 15 Mar 1855, giving list of individual nurses and comments on their characters. Also wrapper 'Dr Milnes Rev G Yorke Birmingham'.
Draft letter from Charlotte Canning, 17 Mar 1855, to Dr Andrew Smith, Army & Ordnance Medical Department re: whether a medical officer can take charge of the nurses heading to Koulali, with reply from Dr Smith, 19 Mar 1855. Also draft letter from Charlotte Canning to Dr Smith, 23 Mar 1855, enclosing certificated of appointment for 27 nurses for Scutari and Smyrna, with his reply of 23 Mar 1855.
Draft letter from Charlotte Canning to 'Dearest Lou' [her sister Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford], 26 Mar [1855], re: character of Mrs London, a potential nurse.
Note by Charlotte Canning, 12 Feb [1855] on requirements for women nurses, such as clothing, job requirements, numbers needed etc.
Organisational notes by Charlotte Canning, including the terms on which Mrs Moore could be accepted; 'to do' list headed 'Ask for Passport; note that Dr Meyer will pick person he thinks most fitted to act as Head at Koulali.
List of clothing for nurses.
Notes on agreement with nurses, dress for the nurses, and arrangements for travelling and bedding, undated.
Two draft letters from Charlotte Canning to 'Dearest Eliza', [possibly Eliza Canning, wife of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe] 6 Aug 1855 concerning whether nurses can be engaged, & 23 Sep 1855 re: misunderstanding over the arrival of Miss Moore and Miss Morton, marked 'Mightily different from letter sent'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003256818
033-003309784
036-003316132
040-003316878 - 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 F699/2/3/7 : Correspondence & other papers relating to the recruitment & deployment of nurses: I - Hierarchy:
- 032-003256818[0004]/033-003309784[0003]/036-003316132[0007]/040-003316878
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F699
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder (18 items)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- Feb 1855-Sep 1855
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- WYL250/10/5/7
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)