From the Richmond Examiner, 5/17/1864

NOTICE TO ALL. - We are requested by the Medical Director to state that while the detailed attendants are absent in the defences, other assistance has become indispensable to the wounded - During this emergency such ladies in Richmond as are experienced nurses, are requested to visit or loan their servants to Howard's Grove, (Mechanicsville turnpike,) Winder and Jackson Hospitals, (near Hollywood Cemetery,) and the Receiving Hospital, Seventeenth and Grace streets. Those who cannot render this aid are requested to contribute such delicacies as are usually prepared for the sick.

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