Plan of the Quarters

Florence Nightingale's plan of her party's quarters in the "Sisters' Tower" of the Barrack Hospital, in her own hand.

1. The B's room & their     & F's sitting room 2. Divan 3. Stove/18 square feet 4. F's room 5. 16 Sisters/Black/White* 6. Kitchen/Cook's room & Helper 7. Wards for Sick 8. Stove 9. Large table

10. Corridor D 11. Over the Tower Room 2 stories,      1 room in each, for Sisters & Nurses 12. 14 Nurses/30 feet long 13. Wards for Sick 14. Divan 15. Corridor 16. 400 paces long 17. 900 paces long 18. The Barrack Square

*Referring to the Black and White orders of nuns.

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