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D2546 - Florence Nightingale of Lea Hurst, Derbyshire and Embley, Hampshire (1820-1910), nurse and social reformer - 1876-1890
- ZZ - Letters from Florence Nightingale, writing from Lea Hurst, Derbyshire, 10 South Street, Park Lane, London W, and Claydon House, Winslow, Bucks., to Christopher Blencowe Noble Dunn (1836-1892), surgeon, of Crich, Derbyshire, concerning the illnesses, diet, water supplies and medical treatment of her family, household staff and villagers in the Lea and Holloway district - 1876-1890

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D2546/ZZ/86
Title	Part of a letter from Florence Nightingale to Dr Dunn concerning several patients
Date	[1880s]
Description	Written on South Street paper; page 2 only
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Florence Nightingale
Sender Location	Not given
Recipient	Dr Dunn
Recipient Location	Not given
Archive Creator	Christopher Blencowe Noble Dunn of Crich (1836-1892), medical doctor
Archive Creator	Florence Nightingale of Lea Hurst, Derbyshire and Embley, Hampshire (1820-1910), nurse and social reformer
Administrative History	- Mary Elizabeth Limb (daughter of Charles and Eliza Limb) married William Sims at Crich in 1873 - Rosamund Limb (daughter of Charles and Eliza Limb) married Charles Cope at Crich in 1884. Their their daughter Edith Elizabeth Cope was born in February 1886 and registered in the Shardlow registration district - Mrs Sims: unidentified - Parthenope Verney: Florence Nightingale's sister Sources: Civil registration indexes, 1871 and 1881 census
Access Category	Open
Format	Document
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Copies	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 Index	2 4. Do you know a Mrs Sims, of Crich - married daughter of that good woman, your old Patient, Mrs Limb, who died at Holloway? If she comes your way, would you be so very kind as to ask her to write to me about her youngest sister, Rosie Limb now married, I am afraid, not very well in Derby - whose confinement ^she^ Mrs Sims has been attending & to tell me how Rose Limb is, and all ^about her,^ & give me her married name and address? Would it be troubling you too much to ask you what sort of woman Mrs Sims is? My recollection of her is that she nursed her mother, Mrs Limb, once - not very well - & was rather "ramshackle" & dirty [crossed through] slovenly. But I am not sure. I was very sorry not to see you when you were so good as to call here -in August I was just gone to my sister who is now a confirmed Invalid from Rheumatic Arthritis at Claydon. But I returned a month ago. C.B.N. Dunn Esq.

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