NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Autograph letter signed ('Florence Nightingale') to Colonel Gordon Drummond of the Coldstream Guards, General Hospital, Balaclava, 15 April 1856, asking permission to retain a private in the Coldstreams, Samuel Vickery, as an orderly in the case of the regiment being ordered home: Vickery 'was frostbitten soon after Inkermann, & sent down to Hospital in Scutari. He recovered sufficiently to become one of my Orderlies' and has since become indispensible -- 'I cannot speak too highly of Vickery's honesty & trust-worthiness. On one occasion, he was the principal means of discovering a robbery, of a large amount, of Stores', 2½ pages, 4to , on a bifolium.
NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Autograph letter signed ('Florence Nightingale') to Colonel Gordon Drummond of the Coldstream Guards, General Hospital, Balaclava, 15 April 1856, asking permission to retain a private in the Coldstreams, Samuel Vickery, as an orderly in the case of the regiment being ordered home: Vickery 'was frostbitten soon after Inkermann, & sent down to Hospital in Scutari. He recovered sufficiently to become one of my Orderlies' and has since become indispensible -- 'I cannot speak too highly of Vickery's honesty & trust-worthiness. On one occasion, he was the principal means of discovering a robbery, of a large amount, of Stores', 2½ pages, 4to , on a bifolium.
NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Autograph letter signed ('Florence Nightingale') to Colonel Gordon Drummond of the Coldstream Guards, General Hospital, Balaclava, 15 April 1856, asking permission to retain a private in the Coldstreams, Samuel Vickery, as an orderly in the case of the regiment being ordered home: Vickery 'was frostbitten soon after Inkermann, & sent down to Hospital in Scutari. He recovered sufficiently to become one of my Orderlies' and has since become indispensible -- 'I cannot speak too highly of Vickery's honesty & trust-worthiness. On one occasion, he was the principal means of discovering a robbery, of a large amount, of Stores', 2½ pages, 4to , on a bifolium.
NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Autograph letter signed ('Florence Nightingale') to Colonel Gordon Drummond of the Coldstream Guards, General Hospital, Balaclava, 15 April 1856, asking permission to retain a private in the Coldstreams, Samuel Vickery, as an orderly in the case of the regiment being ordered home: Vickery 'was frostbitten soon after Inkermann, & sent down to Hospital in Scutari. He recovered sufficiently to become one of my Orderlies' and has since become indispensible -- 'I cannot speak too highly of Vickery's honesty & trust-worthiness. On one occasion, he was the principal means of discovering a robbery, of a large amount, of Stores', 2½ pages, 4to , on a bifolium.
/618/1208618.jpg "Quelle: Bonhams | Skinner")
Testen Sie LotSearch und seine Premium-Features 7 Tage - ohne Kosten!
Lassen Sie sich automatisch über neue Objekte in kommenden Auktionen benachrichtigen.
Suchauftrag anlegen
