From Robert Curtis   13 April 1881

13th April [18]81

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that the Trustees have re-considered your offer of the collection of German Scientific Works of Herr Fischer, and I am instructed to inform you that they are prepared to accept the collection as per list for the sum of One hundred and twenty five pounds.1

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant

Robt Curtis.

Secretary to the Trustees.

 

Baron von Mueller

&c. &c. &.

1
MS annotation: '£125'. See H. Sheffield to M, 6 April 1881 (in this edition as 81-04-06a), and the notes thereto. It would appear that M himself paid for both the Rothschild and Fischer collections and was subsequently reimbursed by the Library, since at a meeting of the Library Committee on 28 June his account for £175 was passed for payment; see State Library of Victoria, Trustees of the Public Library, Gallery and Museum, Minutes, vol. 13a (MSF12855).

Please cite as “FVM-81-04-13,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/81-04-13