Lot 1347
Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910) English nurse; hospital reformer. Collection of four items (5 pp total) regarding her will: (1) Autograph Letter Signed, on stationery headed "10, South Street, Park Lane.W.," July 31, 1901, 2pp octavo. Enclosing payment to her lawyer and asking if she should not destroy copies of her will and codicils dated 1892, '93, and '94. Overall foxing. (2) Autograph Letter to her lawyer, with signature cut out, Oct. 23 (18)94, 1 p octavo, asking him to send for her will. A postscript is initialed "F.N."; overall light soiling. (3) An Autograph Document with the signature cut out (1877), 1 p oblong octavo, regarding a codicil to her will and asking her lawyer if the document could be made 2 or 3 inches shorter so that it would fit her despatch (sic) box. (4) A codicil sheet in another hand, by which she leaves £45 to her messenger and £175 to her niece; a file date from 1901 is on verso.
Estimated Value $900 - 1,200.
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