To Frederick Powlett   28 January 1859

Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden,

28. Jan 59.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to authorize me to engage again a man, to attend to the plantations of trees in the reserve between the barracks and the botanic Garden.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient & humble servant

Ferd. Mueller

 

F. Powlett Esq.

Commissioner of Crownlands, &c &c &c1

1
MS annotation by Powlett, 31 January 1859: 'The Ranger at the South Park Gate must do this.' MS annotation: 'And [answered] 31/1/58'. Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-59-01-28a,” 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 18 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/59-01-28a