NIGHTINGALE, Florence, nursing pioneer (1820-1910), autograph letter signed. From the Barracks Hospital, Scutari, 23 Sept 1855. Written in the middle of the Crimean War. 'I am coming up to the Crimea in a day or two, as soon as I can settle some business here and shall hope not to be so troublesome to you as last time'. On mourning stationary, one and a half sides, edge tears at folds, with integral blank. With a CDV of Nightingale and a copy of the Edinburgh Evening Courant, 14 October 1861, containing two letters by Nightingale (3)