Autograph letter signed ("Florence Nightingale"), to "Sir", making enquiries as to Private Stanley, of the regiment under the addressee's command, who wishes to remain "at his own request, as my Orderly at the General Hospital, Scutari" and as to Private James Farran of the 44th, who died at Scutari and whose relatives are keen to have his Indian medal to add to his Crimean one, 3 pages, the signature and subscription apparently cut out but then re-attached to the body of the letter, guard, 4to, General Hospital Scutari, Balaclava, June 1/ 56

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'MY ORDERLY AT THE GENERAL HOSPITAL, SCUTARI' – Florence Nightingale writes from the Crimea on behalf of soldiers under her care; she was to return home the following month.

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