St. Kilda 10 Ap 1860
Dr Mueller
Dear Sir
I herewith hand you two letters to self from Mr Neilson1 (who is I believe a relative to Captain Cadell) also a packet of seeds — the letters will repay perusal as he is living at almost the proposed point from which an exploration party2 could assemble —
As to his application to join it I have only to say that he is of robust habit about 27 years of age of good character — his letters explain his ability —
I remain
Dear Sir
Yours truly
H. Hopwood3
Letters not found.
The expedition of which Robert O'Hara Burke was appointed leader on 30 June 1860, and which became known as the Burke & Wills Exploring Expedition, 1860-1.
MS annotation by M, 10 April 1860: 'Memo forwarded to Dr Macadam | 10/4/60 | Ferd. Mueller'. Neilson was not appointed by Burke to the Expedition party; see M et al. to the Royal Society of Victoria, December 1860 (in this edition as 60-12-00).
Please cite as “FVM-60-04-10,” 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