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From Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch   19 Aug 1866

19/8/66.

The Comte de Beauvoir1 having expressed a desire to possess some of the botanical works published by Government I have the honor of submitting this requisition for the favorable consideration of the hon. the Chief Secretary.2

Ferd. Mueller

1

Beauvoir arrived in Melbourne on 8 July 1866 ('The Prince de Joinville', Argus, 9 July 1866, p. 5). Beauvoir (1870) contains a somewhat fanciful account of M and his activities; see M to W. H. Archer, 12 February 1875 and notes thereto.

2

M's requisition was approved and forwarded to the Government Printer; it is not known what works were given to Beauvoir.

Please cite as “FVM-66-08-19,” 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/66-08-19