Letter from Florence Nightingale to H S Cunningham

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Letter from Florence Nightingale to H S Cunningham

Handwritten letter from Florence Nightingale to Henry Stewart Cunningham Esq (first page of letter missing) refers to famine in Russia, her health and a pamphlet by Sir A Cotton. Although the letter has been written in ink there are pencil annotations. It is unclear whether or not these were made by Miss Nightingale. They appear in the transcription in square brackets. Sheet has been folded in half and written from halfway point down and then on the full second side. The letter was then folded in half again to post. Some of the words have been underlined in red - possibly by the Royal College of Nursing Library or unknown individual. Ink and paper in good condition. Transcription included: Side 1: you are. I should be very thankful for any information from you: or if there is anything I could do? A[nen]t the Famine: what I understand is that, instead of being turned as it might & aught to be to a great account it will be merely the signal for a new outburst of waste & folly, & a pretext for the postponement to another generation of the real duties of Government. I hope that Side 2: you have better information. I have just started my mother for London. - I remain here in charge of her sick 'companions': & hoping afterwards for a little rest, in order to enable me to return to London for my work: [soon:] &, I trust, to see you: & hear from you anything that can be done. I send you a pamphlet, of Sir A. Cotton's which you may not have seen. How I wish he could give his great knowledge in a different way: [& manner of feeling.] I rejoice to be yrs faithfully [ in a common cause] F. Nightingale [H. S. Cunningham E[sq]]

Reference Number: FN/1/16

Title: Letter from Florence Nightingale to H S Cunningham

Date: Pre 1880

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