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From Friedrich von Alten to Ferdinand von Mueller   20 Jan 1887

Euer Hochwohlgeboren

habe ich das Vergnügen unter Wiederholung meines Glückwunsches, die Insignien des Ihnen von Seiner Königlichen Hoheit dem Grossherzog verliehenen Ordens im Höchsten Auftrage beifolgend zu übersenden.

Mit besonderer Hochachtung

ergebenster

Euer Hochwohlgeboren

von Alten

Oldenburg, 20. Januar 1887.

Your Excellency

I have the pleasure while repeating my congratulation1 to send enclosed by the highest command the insignia of the order awarded to you by His Royal Highness the Grand Duke.

With particular esteem

Your Excellency's

most humble

von Alten

Oldenburg, 20 January 1887.

1

See also Peter, Grand Duke of Oldenburg to M, 17 January 1887, which was probably accompanied by a letter from von Alten not found, to which von Alten here seems to allude.

2

Letter written by a secretary and signed by von Alten.

Please cite as “FVM-87-01-20,” 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/87-01-20