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Title |
Florence Nightingale letter to Madame Schwabe, September 21, 1866 |
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Author |
Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910 |
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Recipient of Letter |
Salis-Schwabe, Julie, Mme., 1819-1897 |
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Date |
1866-09-21 |
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Description |
In this letter, Nightingale explains to Madame Schwabe how to get funds to Princess Alice of Hesse Darmstadt, daughter of Queen Victoria, for her charity aiding the sick and wounded of the Austro-Prussian War. Nightingale also makes reference to friends from nursing school who were helping in the war hospitals. |
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Keywords |
Austro-Prussian War, Sick and Wounded Fund, British National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War, nursing, war hospitals, war relief, charity, Princess Alice of Hesse Darmstadt, Prince Louis of Hesse Darmstadt, Queen Victoria, European royalty, Deaconesses of Kaiserwerth, Friederike Fliedner, Pastor Theodor Fliedner |
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Subject Headings |
Charities ; Famous Persons -- Great Britain ; Fund Raising ; Hospitals, Military ; Military Nursing ; Nurses -- Collected Correspondence ; Relief Work ; War -- France ; War -- Germany. |
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Repository |
University of Alabama at Birmingham. Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. Reynolds-Finley Historical Library. |
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Copyright Statement |
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Transcript |
RHL Accession # 5097
Private
Embley Romsey Hampshire
Sept. 21/66
Dearest Madame Schwabe
Five minutes only have I to say that Princess Louis of Hesse Darmstadt joyfully accepts your kind offer of the £50 odd for the sick & wounded. It should be sent to herself, for she, it appears, does these things herself. She has great powers of business & of self-denial - & perhaps will dispense the money better than any one. She, thinking it is in England, says it will reach her directly & most safely thro' Buckingham Palace. But I enclose a letter to her by which, if you send it from where you are, it may reach her direct. But if it should, after all, be easier to send it by letter of exchange or London, then please destroy any letters enclosed, & send the money to me. And I will still send it thro' Buckingham Palace to her. Of course, the danger is that it may fall into the hands of some official, & not reach her own, if not sent by the Queen's bag. You will know best which to do. I believe the money is a perfect godsend to her - for her charities are quite drained. I doubt whether either the Queen or Prince Louis know their extent. 43 of my old friends, the Deaconesses of Kaiserwerth on the Rhine, (near Dusseldorf) served in the War Hospitals at Sadowa near Koniggratz. I wish you had time to go & see Kaiserwerth & my old mistress, Pastor Fliedner's widow. Pray believe me Dearest Madame Schwabe Ever yours FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE |
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Collection |
Florence Nightingale Letters |
