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From Ferdinand von Mueller to a friend in Sydney   [Dec 1865]

[Sir William Macarthur sends our committee1 £10, and other contributions are still coming in. Dr. Barth, the great African explorer, and President of the Geographical Society of Berlin, writes per last mail most encouragingly to the Melbourne Ladies’ Committee, and promises his best exertions on the Continent of Europe for the support of the Search Expedition.]

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Ladies' Leichhardt Search Committee.

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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'The search for Leichhardt', Sydney morning herald, 29 December 1865, p. 4 (B65.12.02). The text is introduced with the following comment: ‘Dr. Mueller, of Melbourne writes to a friend in Sydney’.

Please cite as “FVM-65-12-00,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/65-12-00