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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2546/ZZ/63
TitleLetter, written on mourning stationery, from Florence Nightingale to Dr Dunn asking him to look on a patient who suffered a fall
Date9 Nov 1880
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderFlorence Nightingale
Sender LocationLea Hurst
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- Ann Allen, born about 1824, living in Lea Road and later Haslam Lane, Holloway
Sources: 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 IndexLea Hurst
Nov 9/80
My dear Sir
Ann Allen had a fall some days ago, &, I am told, hurt her knee.  It was said to be baddish a day or two ago.  Would you be so very kind as, when you are coming into Holloway, give her a visit & oblige
yrs sincerely
F. Nightingale

C.B.N. Dunn Esq.
AcknowledgementsTranscription completed by catalogue volunteer RJ, 2020
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