| Sender Location | 10 South Street, Park Lane [London] |
| Administrative History | - Elizabeth Holmes, born about 1858, living at Commonside, Holloway
- Harriet Broomhead, born about 1823 living in Holloway
- Mary Gregory, born about 1805, living in Commonside, Holloway (1871 only)
- Hannah Allen, born about 1808 and sister Ann Allen , born about 1824. Living in Lea Road and later Haslam Lane, Holloway
- Charles Henry Lee, born 1875, son of Andrew Lee and Elizabeth Lee, formerly Woolley, nee Henshaw
- Maria Machin
- Princess Alice, third child of Queen Victoria, died 14 December 1878
Sources: Civil registration indexes, 1871 and 1881 census |
| Transcript or Index | 10 South Street
Park Lane W
2/1/79
My dear Sir
I hope you will be good enough to send me my Acct for the Quarter: & allow me to thank you for all your goodness to our Patients.
I was very sorry to hear of your severe strain: but hope that you have quite recovered it: as I have heard from some of the Patients of your presence among them.
Will you be so good as to look after Lizzie Holmes? I am afraid she is none the better for Buxton.
Confidentially and betwen ourselves, I have set on foot an enquiry into that abominable place. the master & mistress are leaving (drunk:) and I hope the Nursing will be looked into now.
I hope to hear of good Mrs Broomhead, & poor old Gregory, & the Allens & all our other friends.
Little (spine) Lee has been making great progress at St Thomas' - & is now gone back to the Ascot Convalescent Home. He is growing quite big.
Our (trained) Miss Machin entered from here on her duties as Matron to grand old St Bartholomew's on New Year's Day. (& we had placed 2 of our "Sisters" there already) - She has been most graciously received & please God there will be a reform in the Nursing there. But I have warned them to hold their tongues & not to be quoting St Thomas' -
I have heard the most pathetic accounts of our Princess Alice from the German lady, trained here with us, who, with 6 nurses, nursed her to the last: & all the family inye [?] Diptheria. Princess Alice was always the first in our Hospital work. (Our nurses sent a wreath of [crossed through] & Crop of flowers for the grave).
I have been so overworked & ill since I came back (Christmas time is no sinecure in seeing of Matrons & Nurses etc etc) that I must beg you to excuse this scrawl.
And with healthiest good wishes for the best of New Years to you & Mrs Dunn & all the old friends & the dear old place
ever sincerely yours
F. Nightingale
C.B.N. Dunn Esq. |