1/9/77
To the Undersecretary of the Mining Department
Sydney.
Sir.
Pray convey to the hon the Minister and the Secretary of the Mining Department of N S Wales my grateful acknowledgment of the kindness of sending me a series of the vegetable fossils, and let the hon. Gentlemen be assured, that I will at all times be happy to afford my aid in palaeontographic work of your Department1
Regardfully
Ferd. von Mueller, M.D.
M described a number of fossil plants from NSW: B77.13.01, B77.13.06, B80.13.06. See discussion in New South Wales Department of Mines (1882), pp. 25, 58-9, 181.
Letter not found. The text given here is from a letter for sale, Leski Auctions, Annandale, NSW, 26 May 2019, lot 294. The present location is unknown.
Please cite as “FVM-77-09-01,” 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