Florence NIGHTINGALE- Autograph Letter SIGNED (To Sir James Clark). 4 pages.

30, Old Burlington St. July 20 (18)60. "My dear Sir James Clark, I entirely agree with you as do the necessity for obtaining a complete school & hospital as soon as possible.", "The present arrangement was, as you know, to be only temporary. The sooner it is done away with, the better. Your letter appears, however, to contemplate only a similarly temporary arrangement at Aldershot, as you propose to build a Hospital for some 500 or 600 sick, & the School in connection with it..." And goes on about creating the new school etc. SIGNED in full Florence Nightingale.

Provenance:

From the Sir Thomas Longmore Library.