From Samuel Roberts to Ferdinand von Mueller   3 Nov 1866

116 SWANSTON STREET,

Melbourne, Nov 3d 1866

Dr Mueller

To SAMUEL HARTLEY ROBERTS,

Sign Writer, House Painter, Decorator & Embosser on Glass.

To Exhibition acct
{ Pot Sienna for Staining

1

6

Oct 16 Turpentine

2

6

1 Brush

2

6

" 20 Turpentine

5

0

Black paint 1/6 Brush 1/-

2

6

32 labels for woods at 1/-

1

12

0

2

5

01

Recd payment

S. H. Roberts

A mistake has been made in the addition; the correct total, '2. 6. 0', has been written across the columns and initialled [initials illegible].

MS is annotated 'No 21' of 74 receipts covering materials supplied from the Botanic Garden for the Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia, Melbourne, 1866-7, for which M was one of the Commissioners.

Please cite as “FVM-66-11-03a,” 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/66-11-03a