From Robert Herbert1    18 November 1879

Sir F. von Mueller MD KCMG

&c &c &c

Chancery &c

D St2 1[8]th Nov. 1879

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the Badge worn by you as a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George and enclosed in your letter of the 29th. of September last.3

I have &c

RGWH

Secretary

1
Letter not found; the text is from a draft. The page also contains the draft of a letter transmitting the Badge to the Lord Chamberlain’s Office, and minutes instructing that drafts be prepared.
2
Downing Street.
3
M to R. Herbert, 29 September 1879.

Please cite as “FVM-79-11-18,” 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 4 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/79-11-18