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. &.
MS marginal addition: '£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 Theodor 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