Autograph letter signed, to Reverend Sir James Davis.

Edité par London: 21 December 1864

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Nightingale writes to Davis (1820-1883), a clergyman and headmaster, to rally support for the family of the recently deceased Lutheran minister Theodor Fliedner (1800-1864), Nightingale's old friend and tutor whom she viewed as a father figure. Fliedner founded and ran 30 deaconess houses where women could train in theology and nursing, and his family required financial aid to continue his work. Nightingale met Theodor Fliedner in 1841, and in 1850 became a temporary resident at his flagship deaconess community, the Kaiserswerther Diakonie. The women who resided there had committed to a holy life and taken vows. However, they were not enclosed, as they were trained to go out into the community to care for the sick. Further, they could leave at any point if they wished. It was an ideal place for Nightingale, for whom nursing was a religious vocation, and the time she spent there was "key in the development of her mission" (Macdonald, p. 7). In 1851, she wrote her first publication, issued anonymously, titled The Institute of Kaiserswerth on the Rhine, in which she recommended Fliedner's deaconess houses to English women. She commented on "the delicacy, the cheerfulness, the grace of Christian kindness, the moral atmosphere" in the hospitals, and "the kindness of the sisters in imparting their own knowledge" (Nightingale, p. 19). The Fliedners and Nightingale remained close long after her stay. In 1853, she became godmother to their child, and upon Fliedner's death, Nightingale felt that she had lost a father. Determined to support his family in their "continuance of the work", Nightingale wrote and printed an appeal and engaged a network of clergymen to promote the cause. To this end, she writes to Reverend Davis that "you were so kind. as to enter into a proposal for sending a provision for the family" and asks that he circulate her pamphlets "amongst the likeliest members" of his community. McDonald, Lynn, ed., Florence Nightingale's Spirital Journey: Biblical Annotations, Sermons and Journal Notes, 2001; Nightingale, Florence, The institution of Kaiserswerth on the Rhine, for the practical training of deaconesses, under the direction of the Rev. Pastor Fliedner, 1851. Bifolium and single sheet (177 x 113 mm). Autograph letter, written across 3 pages, letterhead of 27 Norfolk Street, Park Lane, mourning borders. Previously folded, occasional small splits at ends of folds: in very good condition. …

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Autograph letter signed, to Reverend Sir James Davis.
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NIGHTINGALE, Florence.
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London: 21 December 1864

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