To Albert Purchas   10 June 1860

Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden,

10 June 1860.

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication, dated 8. June,1 & beg in reply to state, that I shall be happy to wait on the trustees of the Melbourne General Cemetry on Wednesday 13. June at 3. p.m, should such an hour be convenient.2

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient servant

Ferd. Mueller

 

A. Purchas Esq.

&c &c &c.

1
Letter not found. At a meeting of the Trustees of the Melbourne General Cemetery on 6 June 1860: 'Four tenders for trees and shrubs were opened and referred to a Committee of the whole of the Trustees to take the necessary steps in the matter, two trustees to form a quorum — It was also resolved that a letter be written to Dr. Mueller asking him to fix a time to meet the Committee at Mr Purchas's office, and give them his advice on the subject' (Minute book 1, Melbourne General Cemetery).
2
MS annotation by Purchas, 11 June 1860: 'Recd. & Answered' (letter not found). M met David Ogilvy and Frederick Cooper at Purchas's office on 13 June and accompanied them on a tour of the ground proposed to be planted (Minute book 1, Melbourne General Cemetery). For M’s subsequent report, see M to R. Pohlman et al., 14 June 1860.

Please cite as “FVM-60-06-10a,” 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/60-06-10a