To Henry Manners-Sutton   13 July 1869

Melbourne botan. Garden,

13/7/69

Sir Henry.

In accordance with your Excellency's kind permission I beg to forward two letters of grateful acknowledgement of the Royal honor, which her Majesty so graciously bestowed on me.1 If your Excellency would do me the great favor of transmitting these two letters to the Right honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, I should feel deeply indebted.

I remain your Excellency's very obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller.2

 

His Excellency Governor Sir Henry Manners-Sutton K.C B.

&c &c &c

1
M had been appointed as a CMG. See M to Earl Granvile, 13 July 1869 (in this edition as 69-07-13b) and M to G. Gairdner, 13 July 1869 (in this edition as 69-07-13c).
2
MS annotation by Manners-Sutton: Give receipt, & state that letters will be forwarded. Forward then accordingly in the bag. J.H.T.M-S July 16. /69'. On 18 July 1869, H. C. Manners-Sutton added 'letters forwarded in Bag leaving Melbourne for London via Marseilles'.

Please cite as “FVM-69-07-13d,” 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 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/69-07-13d