Autograph Letter Signed ('Amelia Sieveking'), in English, from Wilhelmine Amalie Sieveking of Hamburgh to her nephew Edward in London, on behalf of 'Miss Lempfert', regarding his assistance in her plans for a boarding school.

2pp., 12mo. 27 lines. E. H. Sieveking was the son of Amalie Sieveking's brother Edward, who in his youth had settled in England as a merchant. In the letter she requests her nephew's assistance in the case of Miss Lempfert, 'as you are her only personal acquaintance in London'. She writes: 'I hope, you will remember her; but to help your memory, I will mention to you, that during your stay at Hamburgh she was living with her friend, Emma Poel [(1811-1891), her future biographer, see below]. If I am not mistaken, you had once or twice an interesting conversation with her. Well, she now intends to establish a boarding school, and would, for that purpose under certain conditions associate with a young english lady, Miss Blyth, in order to obtain for her institution the advantage of a correct english conversation'. In fair condition, on aged paper. For more information about Sieveking see her life by Emma Poel (London: Longmans, 1863), and also 'The Care of the Sick: The Emergence of Modern Nursing', by V. L. and B. Bullough (1979).