Aug 2nd 1855
A letter from Crimea
We have at present a lady of colour at Balaklava, and occasionally in camp, who is quite an original, she is both a Miss Nightingale and soyer in her way. A native of Jamaica she has travelled extensively on the American continent and has acquired great experience in the treatment of cholera and diarrhoea.
Her powders for the latter epidemic are so renowned, that she is constantly beset with applications, and it, must be stated to her honour, that she makes no charge for her powders.
She is often seen riding out to the front with baskets of medicines of her own preparation, and this is particularly the case after an engagement with the enemy.
Mrs SEACOLE is, moreover, a highly intelligent woman.
She may well exclaim with Orthello:-
“Mistake me not for my complexion -
The burnished livery of the golden sun.”
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