Letter from Florence Nightingale to Mrs. Samsom and information card

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Florence Nightingale to Mrs. Samsom and information card
Description:
Letter to Mrs. Samsom regarding Mrs. Samsom and Mrs. Davis leaving Scutari for health reasons. Nightingale has bought passage for them on a boat to England, the "Cleopatra", and arranges for her payment. Handwritten letter from Florence Nightingale to Mrs. Samsom, and an information card about the letter
Creator:
Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910
Format:
Documents
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Hawes, Lloyd E. collection of autographed letters, 1791-1967 (inclusive). H MS c1
Lloyd E. Hawes collection of autographed letters, 1791-1967 (inclusive). H MS c1. Box 2. Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910. A.L.s. to Mrs. Samsom [?]; Balaklava, [Crimea] 30 oct [18]55. 1s. (4p.)
Series:
Hawes, Lloyd E. collection of autographed letters, 1791-1967 (inclusive). H MS c1
Subjects:
Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910
Samsom, Mrs. (addressee)
Correspondence
Crimean War, 1853-1856
Nursing
Extent:
1 letter (1 sheet, 4 pages)
Link to Item:
https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/13467
Terms of Use:
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Language:
English
Notes:
From the collections of Harvard Medical School
Identifier:
DigID0003076-0003079