To John Macadam1    3 October 1859

3 /10/59

My dear Dr M'Adam

His Excellency will attend at your next meeting of the phil. Institute (Wednesday) unless the arrival of the mail hinders his Excellency2

I think it would not be right to insert it in the programme, but would you kindly let those members know it, whom you may happen to meet, in order that we may have a better attended meeting than lately

yours with

sincere regard

Ferd Mueller

 

Can you oblige me with Mr Brysons Adress.3

The Governor approves of our schedule & will throw any suggestions of his own out, when we submit our […]4 report previous to its being brought up for adoption.

1
MS address: Honor | Dr. John M'Adam | M.L.A. | &c &c &c | Melbourne | Ferd Mueller'.
2
An ordinary meeting of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria was held on Wednesday 5 October 1859, with the Governor in attendance.
3
W. E. Bryson was a member of the Philosophical Institute, and of its sub-committee, of which M was chairman, preparing a report on the agricultural and horticultural resources of Vic.; see M and M. Irving to the Council of the Royal Society of Victoria, 9 April 1860.
4
illegible.

Please cite as “FVM-59-10-03a,” 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 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/59-10-03a