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From Ebenezer Thomas to Ferdinand von Mueller   23 Dec 1885

23rd Decmbr [188]51

Sir,

I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th instant,2 enclosing for the Premier's information, the communication herewith returned3 received by you from His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, Gambia, in acknowledgement of your letter of the 24th June4 relative to the presentation to His Excellency of a copy of Eucalyptographia &c.

Mr Service desires me to thank you for sending the letter and to inform you at the same time that another letter of acknowledgement was sent to him direct from Captain Moloney.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient servant,

E J Thomas

Secretary to the Premier

The Government Botanist

&c &c &c

1

editorial addition.

2

See M to E. Thomas, 17 December 1885 (in this edition as 85-12-17a).

3

Enclosure not found.

4

M to A. Maloney, 24 June 1885; see also M to G. Berry, 24 June 1885 (in this edition as 85-06-24a).

Please cite as “FVM-85-12-23,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/85-12-23