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Florence Nightingale Letters

[Letter, Mary Carpenter to Florence Nightingale, March 10, 1877] Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877

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Mary Carpenter, Red Lodge House, Bristol to Florence Nightingale. Notes on training nurses in India. Informing her that Lady Anna Gore wishes to see her to discuss the cause of female improvement in India.

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Title
[Letter, Mary Carpenter to Florence Nightingale, March 10, 1877]
Creator
Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877
Date Created
1877-03-10
Description
Mary Carpenter, Red Lodge House, Bristol to Florence Nightingale. Notes on training nurses in India. Informing her that Lady Anna Gore wishes to see her to discuss the cause of female improvement in India.
Extent
3 unnumbered pages
Person Or Corporation
Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910; Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of, 1797-1861
Genre
Correspondence
Type
Text
File Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Identifier
RBSC-ARC-1734-02-021; RBSC_ARC_1734_02_021
Collection
Florence Nightingale fonds
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Florence Nightingale Collection.RBSC-ARC-1734-02-021
Date Available
2026-03-19
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/
AIP UUID
0cdc7bb8-3c7a-44cd-9664-26b13ed08c1a
DOI
10.14288/1.0018181
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