[Reports his return1]
M was returning from exploring the upper reaches of the La Trobe River.
Letter not found; item is a register entry only, recording receipt of M’s letter on 28 January, which was probably the day on which it was sent. Though the register records the date of M’s letter as 25 January, it is unlikely to have taken so long to arrive; most entries record the arrival of letters either on the same day as they were written, or the day after. M’s ‘8’ is often difficult to distinguish from his ‘5’. See also M to W. Haines, 21 January 1858, in which M indicates that he expects to return at the end of the month, and J. Moore to M, 21 January 1858 (in this edition as 58-01-21a).
Please cite as “FVM-58-01-28,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on