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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D2546/ZZ/6
Title	Letter from Florence Nightingale to Dr Dunn requesting that he check on a patient named Widow Limb who has rheumatism
Date	12 Sep 1877
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Florence Nightingale
Sender Location	Lea Hurst, Cromford
Recipient	Dr Dunn
Recipient Location	Not given
Archive Creator	Christopher Blencowe Noble Dunn of Crich (1836-1892), medical doctor
Archive Creator	Florence Nightingale of Lea Hurst, Derbyshire and Embley, Hampshire (1820-1910), nurse and social reformer
Administrative History	- Eliza Limb, born about 1830, living at Up Hollow, Holloway Sources: 1871 and 1881 census
Access Category	Open
Format	Document
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Copies	This letter has been digitised and can be viewed on The Florence Nightingale Digitization Project website at http://archives.bu.edu/web/florence-nightingale
Transcript or Index	Lea Hurst Cromford Sept. 12/77 My dear Sir Would you be so good as to see Widow Limb, I believe a former Patient of yours for Rheumatism? If you recommend Buxton for her, I would glady send her, if there be room for her. (Her husband worked many years for my Father.) When may we see you again here? ever yrs ffully F. Nightingale C.B.N Dunn Esq.
Acknowledgements	Transcription completed by catalogue volunteer RJ, 2020

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