Crimean War (1853-1856)
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Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Source: Hub/LCSH Status: Approved Used For: Crimean War, Crimean War (1854-1856), Crimean War, 1854-1856 Microthesaurus: 8.05 Historical events Broader term: Wars (events) Related terms: Battle of Balaklava (1854)Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Poem entitled "The Lines on the Mission", Circa 1856
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Identifier: IOLM/DER/3
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Two copies of a long narrative poem dedicated to "Mother M. Francis, Sisters M. Joseph and Clare" for their work in the Crimean hospitals 1854-1856. The full title of the poem is "Lines on The Eastern Mission of The Sisters of Mercy from October 1854 to April 1856". M. Francis Bridgeman RSM was Reverend Mother of Kinsale Convent of Mercy, Ireland, in 1856 and Derby was founded from Kinsale in 1849, which is why the three Kinsale Sisters visited Derby on their way back to Ireland from the...
Dates:
Circa 1856
Poem on Bermondsey community life, commencing with the foundation of the hospital at Great Ormond Street, London, Circa 1880
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Identifier: IOLM/BER/12/9/6
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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:
Circa 1880
Poem written to celebrate the return of Mother M. Francis Bridgeman from the East, Circa 1856
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Identifier: IOLM/BER/12/9/4
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Handwritten poem by an unknown Sister of Mercy. M. Francis Bridgeman RSM returned to Kinsale, Ireland, after nursing in the Crimean War (1853-1856) via Derby, England. Possibly a copy of an original poem.
Dates:
Circa 1856
'The Times' newspaper for 12-14 October 1854, London, 1854 October 12-14
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Identifier: IOLM/BER/17/5
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A copy of The Times in which, on 13th October, page 8, column 4, a description of the French medical arrangements mentions the Sisters of Charity nursing in the Crimea.Quote from an article entitled 'William Howard Russell and the Crimean War' by Eamon Dyas (group records manager) from Times Online dated 19 October 2004:"Thomas Chenery wrote from Constantinople on September 30, 1854, the report appearing in the paper on October 12...On the October 13, Chenery again...
Dates:
1854 October 12-14