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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Mrs Richard Morris

Archive Item: BC Egerton Leigh/04/Nightingale/1 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Letter from Florence Nightingale to Mrs Richard Morris

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Egerton Leigh/04/Nightingale/1

Creator(s): Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)

Date(s): 17 Aug 1866

Size and medium: 1 letter

Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/ms2zq459

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/504693

Collection group(s): Medical Collections

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Letter in response to Mrs Richard Morris, who had recommended or offered the service of a Mrs Brown to work as a maid for Florence Nightingale.


The letter also refers to Mrs [Lydia] Egerton Leigh - Nightingale mentions her memory of Egerton Leigh's child giving her a present of a basket during the Crimean War.


Letter is written in pencil and sent from 35 South Street, Park Lane, W.


The letter is attached to page 59 of the Egerton Leigh Autographs: Royalty & Ladies volume.

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