Melbourne,
19/2/76.
The hon. J. Macpherson,
Chief Secretary.
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you, that I returned this day to my office, after the death of my brother in law, Dr. E. Wehl, J.P., at Mount Gambier and after preliminarily aiding in arranging the affairs of my sister and her large and unprovided young family I shall probably have to seek your permission, to proceed again after some weeks to my sister's place for the final arrangements of her future.1
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller.
M left from Port Macdonnell, SA, by steamer on 17 February (Border watch (Mount Gambier), 19 February 1876, p. 2). See also M to J. MacPherson, 7 February 1876, and M to J. MacPherson, 11 February 1876. There are no annotations on the file concerning any subsequent requests for leave.
Please cite as “FVM-76-02-19,” 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