attention and
advice to him during that illness, and up to the time he
was, by the blessing of God and your assistance,
restored to health, permit me, on behalf of myself, my
wife, and my family, to return you our most grateful
thanks, trusting you may be spared for many years to
come, in health of body and vigour of mind, to carry out
your benevolent intention. Believe me, my dear madam,
yours most gratefully,

"Edward Gill."

And now that I have made this a chapter of testimonials, I may as
well finish them right off, and have done with them altogether. I
shall trouble the patient reader with four more only, which I have not
the heart to omit.

"Sebastopol, July 1, 1856.

"Mrs. Seacole was with the British army in the Crimea
from February, 1855, to this time. This excellent woman
has frequently exerted herself in the most praiseworthy
manner in attending wounded men, even in positions of
great danger, and in assisting sick soldiers by all
means in her power. In addition, she kept a very good
store, and supplied us with many comforts at a time we
much required them.

"Wm. P----,

"Adjutant-General of the British Army
in the Crimea."

"July 1, 1856.

"I have much pleasure in stating that I am acquainted
with Mrs. Seacole, and from all that I have seen or
heard of her, I believe her to be a useful and good
person, kind and charitable.

"C. A. W----,

"Lt.-Gen. Comm. of Sebastopol."

The third is from the pen of one who at that time was more looked to,
and better known, than any other man in the Crimea. In the 2nd vol. of
Russell's "Letters from the Seat of War," p. 187, is the following
entry:--

"In the hour of their illness these men (Army Works
Corps), in common with many others, have found a kind
and successful physician. Close to the railway,
half-way between the Col de Balaclava and Kadikoi, Mrs.
Seacole, formerly of Kingston and of several other parts
of the world, such as Panama and Chagres, has pitched
her abode--an iron storehouse with wooden sheds and
outlying tributaries--and here she doctors and cures all
manner of men with extraordinary success. She is always
in attendance near the battle-field to aid the wounded,
and has earned many a poor fellow's blessings."

Yes! I cannot--referring to