14/3/62
Honorable and dear Sir
Mr Francis Gregory, the celebrated Western Australian traveller, has arrived in Melbourne and will stay here a few days. If you will kindly make an appointment it will aford me very great pleasure to introduce him to you at your office.1
Regardfully & humbly yours
Ferd. Mueller.
On 14 March 1862, O'Shanassy suggested Tuesday 18 March at 11 o'clock. A clerk, W. Odgers, informed M by note on 15 March of the proposed appointment (V62/1510, unit 749, VPRS 1189; Odgers's letter not found). Gregory arrived in Melbourne on 13 March and left for Sydney on 24 March (Argus, 14 March 1862, p. 4; Sydney Mail, 29 March 1862, p. 5).
Please cite as “FVM-62-03-14,” 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