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From Ferdinand von Mueller to William Henry Archer   31 Aug 1870

Melbourne bot Garden

31/8/70

Allow me the gratification, dear Mr Archer, to offer you to your new honor from His Holiness1 my best gratulation. It is a mark of distinction well deserved after your many years zealous services for education and for the statistics & or our […]2

your […]3

1

Archer had been awarded the papal decoration of Knight Commander of St Gregory the Great; see Advocate (Melbourne), 10 September 1870, p. 8.

2

Bottom left of MS torn. The words that are legible are: '[...] with […] name […] his to […]'.

3

MS torn.

4

MS envelope front: 'W. H. Archer Esqr | Registrar General | &c &c &c | Melbourne' In the bottom left of the envelope, between two lines is: 'Ferd Mueller'.

Please cite as “FVM-70-08-31,” 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/70-08-31