Letter to Colonel and Mrs. Loyd-Lindsay from Sir R. Morier, 18 September 1870
Production date
1870-1871
Description
Letter to Colonel and Mrs. Loyd-Lindsay from Sir R. Morier. Letter discusses the sick and wounded in France and Germay, the need for more aid to be distributed and his recommendation that this aid be primarily distributed in France. 18 September 1870
Collection Type
Archives
Level of Current Record
file
Language
History
Part of a series of letters to Colonel and Mrs. Loyd-Lindsay from Sir Robert B. D. Morier in Darmstadt regarding hospitals in Darmstadt; the necessity of giving more aid to France and Germany; the Crown Princess of Prussia's Hospital at Hamburg; visit to Strasbourg and aid distributed to those most in need; a 'barraque' built by Dr Mayo; transportation of the sick and wounded; attacks on the National Society in the German Press and responses to them by Colonel Loyd-Lindsay and Queen Augusta; concern felt for French prisoners; abuse of the Red Cross and benefits of employing non-hostile army surgeons in the hostile armies. With two receipts. 18 September-8 April
Catalogue Number
WAN/1/2/60