From Townsend MacDermott   12 June 1876

honor et virtus 1

Temple Court

12th June 1876

 

Mr MacDermott presents his compliments to The Baron Von Mueller and would feel greatly obliged if he would forward to the Public Library Ballarat East the concluding Vols of his "Fragments phytogra[phe] Australia2" the first four Vols. of which have been for some time in the Library.3

If not exacting too much Mr MacDermott would feel obliged by The Baron Von Mueller sending the Library a copy of His Atlas of plants.4

Mr MacDermott will be glad to take charge of the Books for the Library, that is if Baron Von Mueller can spare the Copies.5

1
MS letterhead also bears an image of a lion rampant holding a rod topped with a crown.
2
i.e. Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.
3
See M to Ballarat Public Library Committee, June 1876 (in this edition as 76-06-00b).
4
B65.13.04.
5

On 14 June 1876, M submitted a requisition for the 'favorable consideration of the Chief Secretary' for one copy 'of fragm. phytogr. Austr. vol. V-IX Vict. plants, lithogr. for the public Library of Ballarat'. This was approved by the Under Secretary, W. Odgers, and marked as 'supplied' by the Government Printer on 19 June 1876.

On 21 June 1876, T. MacDermott wrote to W. Odgers asking that the books 'sent to the Chief Secretary's Office by Baron Von Mueller' be forwarded to the Ballarat Public Library (K76/7371, unit 916, VPRS 3991/P, PROV).

Please cite as “FVM-76-06-12a,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/76-06-12a