Letter from Florence Nightingale to Lt. Col. Fife about requesting irrigation information

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Description:

Letter to Lieutenant Colonel I. G. Fife in which Nightingale was asking for permission to request information regarding irrigation efforts in the Madras (now called Chennai) and Bengal areas of India. Irrigation development during the British period between 1860 and 1900 was an important subject to Nightingale.

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Date Issued:

1877-02-22T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries

Collection:

Florence Nightingale Collection

Place:

India and London, England

Subject Topic:

History, British occupation, 1765-1947, and Irrigation

Format:

letters (correspondence)

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http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:NightingaleFN_12