| Administrative History | - Florence M Platts, born about 1875, daughter of Samuel Platts and Elizabeth Allison, living in Holloway with her father and Hannah, his second wife (1881 census)
- Grace Machent, born about 1844, living in Holloway (1881 census)
- Jane Allison, born about 1840 living in Holloway
- Fanny Dowding: Florence Nightingale's maid
- William Shore Smith: Florence Nightingale's cousin
Sources: Civil registration indexes, 1871 and 1881 census |
| Transcript or Index | Lea Hurst
Sept 26/80
My dear Sir
1. Thank you for your bulletin and your kindness to the poor little Platts. If you think Mrs Swann desirable for their recovery, & she would come, pray have the kindness to send for her.
2. Could you kindly tell me anything about this Mrs "Machant" who wants a "double truss" I have promised her a letter to the Derby Infirmary if you approve
3. Jane Allison was very much the better for your kind conversation with her. (I saw her the next day.) My Fanny understood you to say that you would send her Jane some medicine: but she, Jane Allison, did not seem to have known of it. Perhaps, unless Fanny misunderstood you would send the medicine by Bearer. Since I wrote this I hear that Jane has had her medicine [all text from 'My Fanny...' is crossed through]
4. I am waiting for Mr Shore Smith's return to urge forward the Whatstandwell Coffee house affair, if possible: which you have so kindly set on foot.
(in haste)
yours most faithfully
F. Nightingale
C.B.N. Dunn Esq. |