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[Papers] / Florence Nightingale. 1855-1867.

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Mss. signed. No. 1. Citation 1855 to Florence Nightingale / Victoria Rx. -- No. 2. [Partial envelope 18]65 July 2 [to] Sir John McNeill, Edinburgh -- No. 3. [Letter 18]67 August 2, London [to] Sir John McNeill (with typed transcript)

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