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From Marcus Clarke to Ferdinand von Mueller   17 Aug 1870

17th August [187]01

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 6th ult2 & to inform you in reply that the Committee gratefully receive your consent to aid in enabling the proposed course of lectures

A scheme of lecture course will be submitted to you for your consideration as soon as possible.

The lectures are proposed to be commenced on the 1st of September, and Committee are desiring of securing your assistance about the middle of the following October.3

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your obedient Servant

Marcus Clarke

Dr Von Mueller

Botanic Gardens

1

editorial addition.

2

See M to M. Clarke, 6 July 1870 (in this edition as 70-07-06c).

3

M delivered his lecture, on 'The application of phytology to the industrial purposes of life', on Thursday, 3 November 1870 (Age, 4 November 1870, p. 2); for the published text, see B71.04.03.

Please cite as “FVM-70-08-17a,” 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/70-08-17a