Florence Nightingale to Lt. Col. Lefroy
English · Victorian cursive · 15 Dec 1855 · Scutari
As written
Private
11[?]
Barrack Hospital
Scutari
Dec 15[?]/55
Dear Sir
It appears to me, on
consideration, that you are
the voice of the War Office,
delivering its Commission
to send home half the
Nuns at the General
Hospital, Balaclava -
that there are, therefore,
two objections to my
expressing the opinion,
which you desired, on
the verdict of the War
Office
1. it would give greater
unpopularity to your
Translation · English
Private
11
Barrack Hospital
Scutari
Dec 15/55
Dear Sir
It appears to me, on consideration, that you are the voice of the War Office, delivering its Commission to send home half the Nuns at the General Hospital, Balaclava - that there are, therefore, two objections to my expressing the opinion, which you desired, on the verdict of the War Office
1. it would give greater unpopularity to your