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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D4335/23/1 |
| Title | Letters and compliments cards from Florence Nightingale to WJP Burton as Headmaster of Lea Board School |
| Date | 1877-1898 |
| Description | Most items are dated and relate to school matters, some are undated and may be incomplete.
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(iii) 1 Jan 1878, with reference to the war in Turkey
(xii-xiv) 26 Jun-1 Jul 1893 with references to Miss Nightingale's experiences in the Crimean War. The same letter includes a comment on the 'North Country men... Derbyshire and Yorkshire... as worth three times the men of the South for energy'
(xviii) 28 Mar 1896 suggesting books for the Whatstandwell Reading Room (with photocopy of a typed transcript)
(xx-xxi) undated, incomplete, letter/note, marked 'Private', discussing infection in general and infection control in the classroom |
| Extent | 1 bundle |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | William John Princepp Burton (1857-1940), Headmaster of Lea Board School |
| Lea (formerly Council, formerly, Board) Primary School |
| Arrangement | At the time of cataloguing, the bundle was arranged into chronological order (as far as possible as some items are undated). |
| Format | Document |
| Term | Crimean War (1853-1856) |
| Disease control |
| Letters (documents) |
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