To John Knight   17 July 1866

17/7/66.

Sir

In the printed record of the proceedings of the Exhibition Commission of yesterday I find it stated that the report brought up by the Committee in reference to the projected atlas was referred back to furnish some more practical details as to cost and time of production.1

The report was not referred back, but the Committee was simply asked to ascertain the cost of the least expensive methods and to ascertain what Gentlemen would be willing to take charge of the editorship of each special map. On these two points an additional or supplementary report was requested.

The remarks as they appear in print and for which you are responsible being humiliating to the Committee and at least to my feelings offensive, I have the honor to request that you will correct at your earliest convenience the wrong impression which the printed statement is certain to produce.

Obediently

Ferd. Mueller

 

J. G. Knight Esq

Secr. to the Exhib Commission2

1
Argus , 17 July 1866, p. 6.
2
MS annotation probably by Knight: '17th July Dr Mueller Ansd'. See J. Knight to M, 17 July 1866.

Please cite as “FVM-66-07-17,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/66-07-17