[Application from C Jacobs for use of Gardens for a Concert on 17th inst]1
The letter was returned to M on 6 February annotated: 'Who is Mr J & in what character applyg'. It was referred again to M on 9 February annotated: 'an applicn can be granted on the usual conditions'.
No record of a concert at the Botanic Gardens on 17 February 1866 has been found. However, a concert promoted by Coleman Jacobs to aid the maintenance of the St Vincent de Paul Orphanage was held there on 24 February (Argus, 26 February 1866, p. 5).
Letter not found; Item is a register entry only, of a letter dated 1 February 1866.
Please cite as “FVM-66-02-01a,” 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