January 7 [186]71
Sir
I have the honor by direction of the Council to return you Mr Brady's letter with their best thanks for your kindness in laying it before them. You will greatly oblige the Council by writing to Mr Brady and whilst congratulating him upon his success with the Ailanthus silkworms and thanking him for his courteous letter in the name of the Council also ask him to fulfill his kind promise of sending you a few eggs.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most Obedt Servant
Geo Sprigg
Scy2
To Dr Mueller F.R.S.
&c &c &c
Please cite as “FVM-67-01-07a,” 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