Comprising of two letters both from Richard Partridge, the first dated July 29^th 1863 to a Mr. Metcalfe detailing treatment for an ulcer on a Mr. Potter's gum and pallet using various compounds and a mouth wash of tincture of iodine, the letter signed "R. Partridge". The second, letter mounted on card, dated 12th August 1863 reads "I have received a letter from General Garibaldi dated (Aprox August) in which he tells me that his leg is nearly well". Signed "R. Partridge".

Richard Partridge FRS, FRCS (19 January 1805, in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire – 25 March 1873, in London) was a British surgeon who became President of the Royal College of Surgeons, the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, he is best known for his involvement in apprehending the London Burkers gang after a member had tried to sell him a child's body (1831). Later he was known for his consultation on the bullet wound to Giuseppe Garibaldi's leg. Partridge had been of the opinion that due to the lack of swelling around the ankle, the bullet had not made contact with the joint and Garibaldi would recover shortly, as this letter seems to suggest. However, Garibaldi's leg deteriorated until Italian surgeon, Zanetti successfully retracted the bullet.