Bishop Thomas Grant's correspondence with the Foreign and War Offices in relation to the Crimean War, Bulk, 1854-1857 1854-1857; 1887, bulk: 1854 - 1857

Passport issued by George William Frederick Villiers, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Foreign Office, London) allowing passage for "Miss Georgiana Moore (British Subject) accompanied by Miss Margaret Jones, Miss Maria Hudden, Miss Sarah Kelly and Miss Georgiana Barrie going to Constantinople", dated 16 October 1854. (Outsized bound item.) There is also a copy held in the box.

Copies of the agreement dated 20 October 1854 made by Bishop Grant with the Secretary of State for War concerning the Sisters of Mercy going to serve in the Military Hospitals in the East (he offered five Sisters under four conditions). Two handwritten copies and one typed transcript.

Notes on the Crimean War and the Sisters of Mercy, consisting of transcripts of letters from the IOLM Archive plus three letters not held [unknown source]: 1856 October 29 L. Bine to Bishop Grant 1856 November 15 Benjamin Hawes, Secretary-at-War, War Office, to Bishop Grant 1856 November 27 Bishop Grant to Benjamin Hawes, Secretary-at-War, War Office

Handwritten "extract from a letter addressed by the Secretary of State for War [Lord Panmure] to Miss Nightingale on the closing of the War Hospital in the East", thanking "those ladies (Protestants and Roman Catholics) who were associated with you in your labours". [Undated; source unknown.]

Correspondence between the War Department and Bishop Grant regarding money given by the Sultan for 'Ladies and Nurses in Hospitals in Bosphorus', dated between November 1856 and January 1857. Four documents with two transcripts.

Royal Decree by Queen Victoria establishing The Royal Red Cross decoration, 23 April 1883, printed by the War Office.