To Joseph Hooker   18 March 1882

18/3/82.

 

This day, dear Sir Joseph, I have written my letter of thanks to the Prince of Wales in reply to a letter, signed by HRH. as President of the International Exhibition Commission of the British Empire, which letter accompanied a beautiful bronze-medal as reward received by me as a juror of the British Commission. 1

In my letter of thanks I alluded also to the Noblemen and leaders in Science, who in England had exerted themselves so much, as you have done, for the Australian Exhibitions as member of the Royal Commission in Britain. I know from experiences since 1854 how much time for duties of this kind is absorbed.

It was very generous of your Commission, to award all the jurors in the British Division here a medal.

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.

1
Letters not found. The medal that M received, for services to the Australian International Exhibitions in Sydney, 1879-80, and Melbourne, 1880-1, is at the Melbourne Museum.

Please cite as “FVM-82-03-18b,” 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/82-03-18b