From Marcus Clarke   21 September 1872

 

21st Sep. [187]2.

Sir

Referring to your letter of the 5th September1 concerning a statement presumed to have been made by His Hon W. M. K. Vale relative to the ultimate disposal of the medals acquired by you I have the honor to inform you that I laid your letter before the Committee of the Industrial Museum of which body Mr Vale is a member.

I am desired to thank you for your courtesy in offering to place in the hands of the Committee the medals and decorations bestowed upon you, and to assure you that your offer was altogether accepted by the Committee who feel loth to deprive you even temporarily of the tokens of the position you hold in public esteem.

The Committee therefore—unwilling to seem to refuse a donation of so much interest—would prefer that you would reconsider your determination to deprive yourself of objects the possession of which must necessarily be a legitimate source of pride and satisfaction[.]

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your obedient Servant

Marcus Clarke

Secretary

 

Baron v Müller2

Botanical Gardens

 
See M to W. Vale, 5 September 1872.
For reply see M to M. Clarke, 25 September 1872.

Please cite as “FVM-72-09-21a,” 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 28 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/72-09-21a