To Henry Pitt   17 November 1878

17/11/78.

 

Herewith, dear Major Pitt, I send my letter of grateful acknowledgment of the generous manner, in which Sir Michael Hicks-Beach was pleased to recognize my cooperation with Mr Bentham.1 If I was wrong in adressing it direct to the Governor instead of to you, then you must kindly excuse it on account of my unacquaintance with the official forms. But as doubtless his Excellency will forward my reply in acknowledgment of the despatch of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, I thought it best to send it to the Governor under cover to yourself.

I should feel indebted if a few words of my thanks were added also for the gracious manner in which Sir Michael received and encouraged some of my last publications

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller

See M to G. Bowen, 17 November 1878.

Please cite as “FVM-78-11-17a,” 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 1 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/78-11-17a