| Sender Location | 10 South St, Park Lane [London] |
| Administrative History | - M Shardlow: not identified
- Jane Allison, born about 1840, living in Holloway. Her father, Thomas Allison died in 1878
- William Yeomans, land agent to the Nightingale family and Poor Law Guardian, living at Holloway House.
- Lydia Prince, born about 1810, living at Commonside, Holloway
- Mary Gregory, born about 1805, living at Commonside, Holloway (1871 only)
Sources: Civil registration indexes, 1871 and 1881 census
Mickleover was the location of the County Lunatic Asylum |
| Transcript or Index | Mary Shardlow
7/2/79
My dear Sir
I trouble you with this note of poor M Shardlow's (about whom you also kindly wrote to me) because I presume this is to signify that she will consent to undergo amputation, if she may re-enter the Infirmary.
It must rest with you & what you advise her to do. (She has a miserable home, I am afraid, with her sister.)
Would you kindly tell her that I abide by what you shall advise? If you advise her to re-enter the Infirmary, I suppose she can be admitted (as they wished her to remain)
C.B.N. Dunn Esq.
without further "order." But if she requires another "letter of admission" from me, I will send you one for her.
Poor soul, it is a painful case in many respects.
Jane Allison
Mr Yeomans has written about her to me & your opinion of her: & that he thinks she should go back to Mickleover. I have written to him that this is a thing for you to determine.
But one trembles to think what she might do at home. And it is very bad for the little grand-child, the eldest, to see her.
I had a great respect for the old man, her Father.
And I have told Mr Yeomans that I would tell you that, if you thought it would give her a better chance, to try her at home with a Nurse, & if you could recommend a proper Nurse, I would pay her.
But it must remain with you. (I cannot say I have ever made an arrangement of that kind to compare with the care of a good Asylum.)
I am most truly sorry for the case. The old man was a sort of patient humble hero in his way. at once independent minded & tender hearted.
Lydia Prince
I have told Mr Yeomans to allow her the 2oz of Brandy a day
Many thanks for your letter. I think the affair of poor old Gregory is settled, or rather, unsettled, in the only way it could be. She will not go into the Union: Mr Yeomans cannot find me another Nurse for her, he says.
The drinking appears to have been disgraceful. And I can only ask you to be, & know that you will be good to her.
Will you excuse great haste
& believe me to be
yrs sincerely
F. Nightingale |