[Requisition for lacquering Russian Guns]1
See Billett (1997). Two Russian guns captured from the Redan fortification in the Crimea were forwarded by the Imperial Government to the Victorian Government, which placed them in the Melbourne Botanic Garden.
Letter not found, item is a register entry only, registered as received on 5 November 1861.
Please cite as “FVM-61-11-00,” 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