19th April [187]1
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 16th inst,1 to thank you for it, and to inform you in reply that the Committee gratefully accept your offer to lecture2 and will pay any reasonable expenses you may incur
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient Servant
Marcus Clarke
Secretary
The Director Botanic Gardens.
Please cite as “FVM-71-04-19b,” 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