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- Description:
- This letter to Sir Lintorn Simmons from Florence Nightingale confirms a meeting between them for Monday, March 21, 1892, at her suggested time of 5:15 p.m.
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- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1892-03-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- Nightingale thanks Lt. Gen. Fife for an enclosed report which he borrowed to her. She then asked about an interview he had with Mr. Prinsep regarding irrigation issues. Nightingale goes on to ask Fife his opinion on various matters concerning Indian people in regards to relief acts and the stoppage of Public Works. She also stated her desire to meet with him to discuss these issues.
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- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1880-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- This short letter to Mr. Rawlinson from Florence seems to state that she will rewrite information needed for a particular hospital or government office. This letter was most likely Sir Robert Rawlinson, (1810-1898), a civil engineer.
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- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- This letter was written to thank Mr. Rawlinson for his suggestions and articles that he supplied to Florence so that she would be able to include up-to-date information in the second edition of her publication “Introductory Notes on Lying-In Institutions”. This book discussed proper procedures and facilities needed in maternity wards. Mr. Rawlinson was most likely Sir Robert Rawlinson (1810-1898), a civil engineer.
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- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1871-12-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- This letter to an unknown recipient discussed an advertisement for lodging for a Mrs. Tugwood and whether funding for publishing this advertisement could come from the Governess' Aid Society. This letter was written while Nightingale was superintendant of the Institute for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen in London.
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- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1854-05-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- 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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- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1877-02-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- This short letter to Dr. William Miller Ord requested a meeting with him on the same day it was delivered.
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- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1890-03-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- This letter to Maj. Gen. Fife speaks of Nightingale's concerns regarding needed irrigation work in India when budget cuts were almost sure to occur. She was concerned for the Indian people, and saddened by the recent famine and the ongoing Afghan war. She had great concerns and requested an immediate meeting with Maj. Gen. Fife, specifying she would like to meet with him the same day that the letter was delivered to him. She also asked him about the official number of deaths in the recent famine, since she did not receive an answer when she asked that question previously.
- Notes:
- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-12-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- This letter was written to Thomas Gold Appleton, brother-in-law of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, regarding a book of poetry that he sent for Florence’s enjoyment. She goes on to speak pleasantly of Longfellow, stating how much she enjoyed his works. Florence also mentions a couple of common acquaintances and events they were dealing with at the time.
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- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1850-12-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- Letter to Lady Augusta Stanley, who was a lady in waiting to Queen Victoria, asking if Julius von Mohl, an orientalist, would be helpful during a visit by a Shah. Nightingale stated that she had contacted neither Mr. Mohl, nor his wife, Mary Elizabeth Mohl, who was a good friend of Nightingale, about the idea.
- Notes:
- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1873-06-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection