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From Ferdinand von Mueller to William Clarke   31 May 1870

Melbourne Botan. Garden

31/5/70

Sir

I have the honor to inform you, that I placed your letter of 21st May,1 respecting the wishes of the Hotham Cricket Club, yesterday before my colleagues at the meeting of the Trustees of the Royal Park, but I was directed to inform you that the application for a special area within the Park as a Cricket Ground could not be entertained.2

I have the honor to be,

Sir

your obedient

(signed) Ferd. von Mueller

Hon. Sec. Trust. R. Park.

Wm Clarke Esq.

1

Letter not found.

2

See also M to J. McGibbon, 20 July 1870.

3

Newspaper accounts show that William Clarke was a banker and a JP, but he has not been otherwise identified.

Please cite as “FVM-70-05-31d,” 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/70-05-31d