From Frederick McCoy   28 May 1869

N. M.1 28/5/69

 

My dear Dr Von Mueller,

Many thanks for the portion of the skin of the adult Casuarius & I will not fail to select the less common birds you desire in exchange in part. I do not know myself about the book but I have sent a memorandum to the Librarian2 — I return the two letters about Mr Bracken and have taken note of his name for a vacancy I expect may soon occur, but it would be absolutely necessary for application to be made to the Chief Secretary who refuses to appoint, as a general rule, unless from the list of persons reduced from the service without fault.

I remain &c

F. McC.

 

Dr Müeller

1
National Museum.
2
See F. McCoy to M, 25 June 1869 (in this edition as 69-06-25a).

Please cite as “FVM-69-05-28a,” 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 16 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/69-05-28a