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From Francis Dutton to Ferdinand von Mueller   19 Jan 1859

Crown Lands Office

19 January 1859

My dear Dr Müller

By the Havilah which sails today, I have forwarded to your adress, a box containing the dried specimens of plants collected by Herrgot1 who was out with Mr Babbages party —

I would have answered the letter you wrote to me about them, before now, had I not been under the impression that you had left Melbourne on your tour to the Snowy Mountains; by a Telegram that Sir Richard MacDonnell received yesterday from Sir Henry Barclays2 private Secretary, I learnt that you were still in Melbourrne, and desirous of having the plants at once. I lost but no time in at once sending them to you by first Steamer.

At your convenience to be sure I shall be glad to hear from you if there is anything new amongst the collection.3

Believe me

yours faithfully

F S Dutton Commr of Crown Lands

1

David Herrgott.

2

Sir Henry Barkly's?

3

For M's description of the plants, see B59.03.01.

4

Annotated: 'See Docket CLI 841/1858', a reference to a letter from Hergott to the Crown Lands Commissioner concerning the specimens he had collected during Babbage's expedition.

Please cite as “FVM-59-01-19a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/59-01-19a