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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Ligar   15 Nov 1861

15/11/61

Dear Mr Ligar.

Mr Hopwood has on very heavy private expense explored the country towards Coopers Creek for pastoral purposes, but communicated in several letters unasked as a friend secretly to me the results,1 not having as yet legal possession of his new runs, altho' I am in no way but geographically interested in the matter.

The wish to communicate with him at all did not arise with me.

I think under the circumstances, whilst reluctantly responding to the request of a committee member to serve Mr Howitt with the intelligence, I acted as straight forward as I could, unless I wished to betray the confidence of a friend.2

Regardfully

yours

Ferd. Mueller3

1

Letters not found.

2

See also C. Ligar to M, 15 November 1861.

3

MS annotation by Ligar, 18 November 1861: 'Mr Dickson | Place this letter with Dr Muellers telegram'. M's telegram has not been found.

4

MS black-edged; M's sister, Bertha Doughty, died on 7 September 1861.

Please cite as “FVM-61-11-15a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/61-11-15a