[F von Mueller Asking for the use of a room for the Leichart1 search committee.]
i.e. Leichhardt. A subsequently discredited report by J. Skuthorpe claiming to have found traces of Leichhardt had prompted M to press for a new search for the missing explorer to be undertaken; see M to the Editor of the Age, 20 February 1880 (in this edition as 80-02-20a). Bringing a committee together would have been the first step in organizing a search; there is, however, no evidence that such a meeting took place or, if it did, that it led to any action.
Letter not found; item is a register entry only, of a letter to the Mayor dated 26 February 1880.
Please cite as “FVM-80-02-26,” 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