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- Description:
- This is another letter to Lieutenant Colonel Fife, thanking him for sending the needed information, alerting him to the need for further information, and congratulating him on his beneficial irrigation efforts in India. Nightingale shared that a new Under Secretary to India recently began his tenure and was overseeing projects regarding irrigation improvements.
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- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-06-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- Nightingale wrote to Maj. Gen. J.G. Fife, of Wayne State University, to express her interest in a paper that he published regarding civil engineering in India. She stated that she was happy to hear that there were talented people in the engineering field in India and that she hoped that Maj. Gen. Fife would be able to personally deliver his paper to her.
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- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1879-04-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- This letter is to Nightingale’s niece, Maude, and in it she thanks Maude for supplying Nightingale with a needed address and asks her to relay pleasant thoughts to a Mrs. Green. Nightingale also stated that she hoped Mrs. Green would schedule an appointment to meet with her and ends with sharing her happiness regarding the improvements made by the British for the betterment of the Indian people.
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- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-11-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- This letter was written to Dr. Reinhold Rost, asking to borrow several books that would allow Nightingale to finish a report regarding how land tenure and social relations were handled between two different castes, zaminders and ryots in India. Zaminders were similar to lords or barons, while ryots were peasant tenant farmers.
- Notes:
- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1874-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- Nightingale begins by thanking Gen. Maj. Fife for materials she used to write reports and expressed interest in a particular article. She stated that she would like to meet with him to obtain his opinion on various matters having to do with irrigation and sanitary systems and procedures within areas of India where British soldiers were stationed and treated in hospitals.
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- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1879-03-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- Nightingale was concerned with the possibility that the Public Works will lose funds and that the poorest, with no voice, wwould suffer without adequate water and irrigation. She requested a meeting with Lt. Gen. Fife, asking if he would do so the following Monday at 5pm, as she was unable to reschedule other events on her calendar.
- Notes:
- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1879-06-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- Nightingale takes time to thank Lt. Gen. Fife for three letter written to her which contained information about ongoing events in India, as well as articles Nightingale needed to continue her work there. She explained to Lt. Gen. Fife that she had been ill and overworked and that was her reason for not replying sooner to his letters. She also shared that several of her letters on the topic of irrigation and water transit were published in “Illustrated News” and that she would send them to Lt. Gen. Fife if he had an interest in reading them.
- Notes:
- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1879-06-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- Letter to Dean Milman of Wayne State University, asking for an unbiased opinion of an article called “The Sanitary Commission of the Army”, published in the Westminster Review in 1859. Miss Nightingale felt the original reviewer would not take the task seriously. She also offered to send her own report and requested an alternative person to supply a review, if Dean Milman is unable to assist. Miss Nightingale’s concerns were of soldiers stationed in India during the Crimean War, and their medical care and unhealthy sanitary conditions they endured.
- Notes:
- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1858-12-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Florence Nightingale Collection
- Description:
- Nightingale was concerned about irrigation systems in India; which had been improved and were financially profitable. She stated that she would like to meet with Lt. Gen. Fife to discuss the matters with him.
- Notes:
- This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library System.
- Date Issued:
- 1879-06-23T00:00:00Z
- 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.
- Notes:
- 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