Letters to William Farr (1807-1883), statistician
- Date:
- 1858-1875
- Reference:
- MS.5474
- Part of:
- Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
The letters reflect the friendship of Nightingale and Farr, and their collaboration in providing statistical evidence for sanitary reform, especially in connection with the Army Sanitary Commission and the Indian Sanitary Commission.
Publication/Creation
1858-1875
Physical description
128 items
Acquisition note
Sotheby's 22 July 1969, lot 417.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by Wellcome Collection as part of The Florence Nightingale Digitisation Project.
Finding aids
Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores
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Identifiers
Accession number
- acc. 317230