Florence NIGHTINGALE- Autograph Letter SIGNED (To Sir James Clark). 10 pages.

115, Park Street, W. June 5 (18)64. Marked "Private, except for Mr. Clark". "My Dear Sir James Clark, Late last night I received the enclosed [I wish it could have been earlier, as you & Mr. Clark were in town- and I could have told you what I now must write.]. My answer to the enclosed was: that it is no use Lord de Grey shifting the responsibility of advising the D. of Cambridge on to..." and goes on later "I think Lord de G. utterly hopeless and I am anxious to tell you why. About 3 weeks after you had given me your paper dated May 2, [the paper by yourself, Drs. Parkes & Sutherland], I received a letter from Lord de G., written by Capt. Galton, asking me to give rates of increase of pay desirable. I replied that nothing of the kind could be done..." Page 9 is SIGNED, F. Nightingale; and is followed by another page, which is initialled: F.N. From the Sir Thomas Longmore Library. Condition Report Letters written on two double sided, folded full sheets and one double sided half sheet, Condition Report, Request A Condition Report, Request A Condition Report

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