Requisition for Articles not included in the Annual Contracts, for the Department of the bot. Garden1
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Quantity required. |
Articles (give full description, &c). |
If to Sample or Specification state so. |
| 1 (one copy | Fragm. Phytr. Austr2 | For the |
| 1 (one copy) | Chath. Isl. Veget3 | Academy |
| 1 (one copy) | Austral Mosses4 | of |
| 1 (one copy) | Plants of Victoria5 | Chicago6 |
To the Gov. Printer
Head of Department, Ferd. von Mueller
Date, 24 March 1872
Only three of the columns in this requisition have been filled in; they are the only ones transcribed here.
Vol. 7, B72.02.08, was the most recently issued complete volume. The implication of the letter to Gavan Duffy is that if available M required the preceding volumes as well.
B64.10.02.
B64.10.03.
B62.03.03, B65.02.06.
The Academy building and all its contents had been destroyed in a fire on 9 October 1871, and the Academy was seeking replacements wherever possible.
Filed with M to C. Gavan Duffy, 24 March 1872.
Please cite as “FVM-72-03-24a,” 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