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Follow up letter from Florence Nightingale letter to Lt. Col. Fife thanking him for information
This is another letter to Lieutenant Colonel Fife, thanking him for sending the needed information, alerting him to the need for further information, and congratulating him on his beneficial irrigation efforts in India. Nightingale shared that a new Under Secretary to India recently began his tenure and was overseeing projects regarding irrigation improvements.
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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Maj. Gen. James Fife concerning irrigation budget cuts
This letter to Maj. Gen. Fife speaks of Nightingale's concerns regarding needed irrigation work in India when budget cuts were almost sure to occur. She was concerned for the Indian people, and saddened by the recent famine and the ongoing Afghan war. She had great concerns and requested an immediate meeting with Maj. Gen. Fife, specifying she would like to meet with him the same day that the letter was delivered to him. She also asked him about the official number of deaths in the recent fam…