Florence NIGHTINGALE- Autograph Letter SIGNED (To Sir James Clark). 8 pages.

115, Park Street, W. June 7 (18)64. "My Dear Sir James Clark, Nothing is so desperate as to put reasons (for a course) before a man, who puts those reasons before himself much better than you can yourself.", "15 months ago, just before Sir C. Lewis' death, Lord de Grey put before himself (in my presence) the reasons for continuing Longmore at the School & therefore for promoting him- & for giving Muir the Sanitary place under the D.G. (then proposed for Longmore) in order that Muir might be the future D.G...." It goes on about communicating with the W.O, etc. page 4 SIGNED F. Nightingale; Also pages 7 & 8 are Initialled: F.N.

Provenance:

From the Sir Thomas Longmore Library.