Letter from Sir R. Morier, No date
Production date
1870-1871
Description
Letter from Sir R. Morier. Front section of letter is missing so no details of date or who it was addressed to. Letter includes an extract from a letter that Morier had received regarding Queen Augusta. No date
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/1/2/73