Lot 172
Nightingale, Florence -- Autograph Notes & Two Letter Drafts, One Signed (1820-1910) British nurse, statistician, and social reformer; the founder of modern nursing. She gained prominence for her work during the Crimean War, where she became known as "The Lady With the Lamp." Draft of an autograph letter signed "F Nightingale," along with other instructions in her hand, 4 pages, 7 x 4½" (on two conjoined sheets), no place, Sept. 7 (18)92. The draft is to Mrs. Robertson, thanking her for "the trouble you always take with my things," discussing the distribution of some eggs and mentioning St. Thomas, the hospital where Nightingale founded the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses in 1860. The two sheets also have notes headed "Water-supply &c. Steeple Claydon" and signed "FN". The notes give instructions to ask Mr. Robertson to "write at length, what is the actual practical state of things now about the drainage & water-supply…." Another draft, headed Mr. Gough and marked "Private" concludes, "But when will Mr. Gough cease this mystery, & announce that he is going? & send in his resignation?" The initials "P.T.O." at the end may be the person to whom the letter should be sent. Light soiling and some fold wear, else fine. Estimate $600 - 800
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