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| No 6 Scutari | |
| Dec 11/55 | |
| Dear Mrs. Brownlow | |
| I was quite uneasy | |
| not to have heard | |
| sooner than I did | |
| of your arrival. I | |
| am very glad to hear | |
| that you are comfortable | |
| you do not tell me | |
| whether you know | |
| your husband again. | |
| I suppose by this time | |
| you are at the Monastery | |
| Yours truly | |
| F Nightingale | |
| I hope Bessie is well. |
1. Mrs. Brownlow was a women held in high regard by Miss Nightingale. Not technically one of the nurses sent to the Crimea, she was nevertheless of invaluable assistance to Nightingale. In several post-Crimea reports, Mrs. Brownlow was described by Nightingale as "one who has done good service". Mrs. Brownlow's husband was a "Pay Serjeant of the Coldstream Guards". Bessie was the Brownlow's infant daughter. (Goldie, 1987, p. 188).
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