Poem on Bermondsey community life, commencing with the foundation of the hospital at Great Ormond Street, London, Circa 1880

Item

Identifier: IOLM/BER/12/9/6

Scope and Contents note

Poem tracing the founding of "The hospital home for incurables" in Great Ormond Street, London, via the arrival of the Foundress, the Crimea, the poverty in London witnessed by Cardinal Wiseman, ending at length with M. Clare Moore RSM assisting the Sisters from Heaven.

Dates

Creation: Circa 1880

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