From Hector Macdonald1    16 September 1886

16th Septr [188]6

Sir

The Town Council desire me to thank you for the parcel of seeds for sand planting kindly forwarded to the Park Ranger Mr Stewart.2

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient Servant

H. A. C. Macdonald

Town Clerk

 

Baron F. von Mueller, M.D. K.C.M.G. F.R.S.

Director Botanical Museum

South Yarra

1
The park ranger had reported to Council that he had received parcels of seed from M. Councillor T. King proposed, and Councillor R. F. Kennedy seconded, that the above letter of thanks be sent to M (Minute book 11, p. 167, 7 September 1886, Town Council records, City of Warrnambool archives; The Warrnambool standard, 9 September 1886, p. 2).
2
William Stewart.

Please cite as “FVM-86-09-16,” 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/86-09-16