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MS 466 - Cadbury Collection - 16th cent. - 20th cent.
- 1 - Family papers - 1727 - 1977
  - 1 - Papers relating to Dame Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury (1858-1951) - 1842 - 1960
    - 2 - Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's personal and social correspondence - 1892 - 1949

Ref No	MS 466/1/1/2/5
Finding Number	MS 466/204/5
Title	Letter to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury from Barbara More Nightingale
Level	Item
Date	22 September 1904
Description	Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury visited Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) a number of times during her life, visiting her for the first time in 1904. This letter from Florence Nightingale's niece Barbara More Nightingale refers to Taylor Cadbury's first visit to Florence Nightingale at her home in South Street, London. Barbara More Nightingale writes that her aunt had asked her to thank Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury for her visit, noting what an 'interest & pleasure' it had been for her. The women had spoken about Bournville village which Florence Nightingale had evidently been greatly interested in, Barbara More Nightingale remarking how 'bright and animated' her aunt had been following Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's visit. Barbara More Nightingale notes that her aunt had expressed a wish that Taylor Cadbury would visit her again when she was in London. Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury describes her visit to Florence Nightingale in a family journal letter dated 27th September 1904.
Extent	1
Format	Item
Related Material	Information relating to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's visits to Florence Nightingale taken from Richenda Scott, 'Elizabeth Cadbury: 1858-1951 (London: Harrap, 1955) p. 143. Biographical information about Florence Nightingale taken from Monica E. Baly and H. C. G. Matthew, 'Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35241] accessed 18th March 2009.
Access Status	Open
AdminHistory	Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was a pioneer of reform in Army medical services and nursing organisation. She was honoured for her work and achievements and remained a great inspiration to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury throughout her lifetime, particularly in terms of her own health work in Birmingham.
Language	English

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