From Charles Ledger   22 October 1859

Liverpool, N.S.Wales

October 22nd 1859.

Sir

In compliance with orders from the Honorable the Secretary for Lands I beg to advise that the "City of Sydney" will convey to you under the conditions expressed in the Copy of instructions forwarded to me and herewith enclosed, a Male Alpaca of purest breed.

The animal will be attended to during the voyage by a competent person and by him held at your disposal. The expences incurred by me in taking the animal to Sydney, shipment, and those of the party in charge I will furnish note of to Sir Charles Nicholson Bart, with whom I had the honor of holding a conversation on the subject, said honorable Baronet agreeing with myself on the desirability of a fit person taking charge of the animal to it's destination.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient Servant

C. Ledger

Superintendent of Alpacas

 

Dr Mueller

Curator of the Botanical Gardens

Melbourne1

1
See also M to J. O'Shanassy, 25 October 1859, and M to J. Moore, 25 October and 28 October 1859.

Please cite as “FVM-59-10-22,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/59-10-22