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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2546/ZZ/22
TitleLetter from Florence Nightingale to Dr Dunn inviting him to lunch and asks him for advice on treating several patients
Date8 Sep 1878
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderFlorence Nightingale
Sender LocationNot named
RecipientDr Dunn
Recipient LocationNot given
Archive CreatorChristopher Blencowe Noble Dunn of Crich (1836-1892), medical doctor
Florence Nightingale of Lea Hurst, Derbyshire and Embley, Hampshire (1820-1910), nurse and social reformer
Administrative History- Arthur CottIe: not identified
- Miss Joby: not indentified
- Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) Master of Balliol College Oxford and friend and correspondent of Florence Nightingale
- Adelaide Peach, born 1864, died 1877, daughter of Thomas and Ann Peach of Holloway: she had several sisters
- William Sheldon, born about 1813 living in Holloway with his sister, Martha Sheldon
- Charles Henry Lee, born 1875, son of Andrew and Elizabeth Lee, formerly Woolley, nee Henshaw
- Elizbaeth Shardlow, born about 1830, living at Commonside, Holloway
Sources: Civil registration indexes, 1871 and 1881 census
Access CategoryOpen
FormatDocument
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
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 Index8/9/78
My dear Sir
I am so very sorry that Arthur Cottie is gone to Chapel. 
His medicine has been finished since Saturday [crossed through] Friday. 
If you are making any calls in the village, would you not come back here & have luncheon at 2 o'clock?  Miss Joby is here: & Mr Jowett
& see your Patient too? 
Could you tell me what Adelaide Peach's sister ought to have?
& what Martha Sheldon's brother (formerly a Patient of yours) ought to have?  He is unable to work. 
I shall have a long story to tell you about little (spine) Lee whenever I have the pleasure of seeing you. 
Yrs sincerely 
F. Nightingale

How is Miss Shardlowe? 
& does she want more wine or etc [?]
AcknowledgementsTranscription completed by catalogue volunteer RJ, 2020
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