3/7/79.
The autogram, dear Mr Shillinglaw, from the famous Flinders is a real treasure, which my Italian Lady-friend1 will greatly value, if really I dare to deprive you of it. The photogram of the family miniature is also very important and will with your permission be retained, if you have several copies.2
I think, that I shall have no difficulty in securing for you the honorary or corresponding membership of the Royal Geographic Society,3 if you will send me a copy of your work on the early explorations about Port Phillip,4 to accompany my letter to an influential friend in Italy.5
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Maria Negri? See M to J. Shillinglaw, 31 March 1979 (in this edition as 79-03-31a), and M to J. Shillinglaw, 18 October 1879.
No image of Flinders has been identified at MEL, but see M to J. Haast, 29 July 1862 (in this edition as 62-07-29b) and notes thereto.
The Società Geographica Italiana? Membership lists of the Society have not been located.
Shillinglaw (1879).
C. Negri; see M to J. Shillinglaw, 18 October 1879.
MS annotation: 'Reply 19.VI.79' [sic]. Letter not found.
Please cite as “FVM-79-07-03,” 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