To Alfred Deakin 1    1 February 1887

Melbourne, 1st February 1887

Sir

I have the honor to submit for your favorable consideration a letter from the Honorable the Commissioner of Agriculture, Washington,2 in which that gentleman desires to be supplied with decades 8 and 9 of the Eucalyptographia, published at the Govt. Printing Office.

Soliciting that you will be good enough to comply with the request and cause the same to be forwarded,3 I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller,

Govt. Botanist

 

The Honorable

the Chief Secretary.

1
MS written by Georg Luehmann and signed by M.
2
See N. Colman to M, 10 December 1886.
3
M's letter was referred to the Premier who authorized the request and issued 'the necessary instructions'. E. Thomas, Under Secretary, then returned it to the Chief Secretary's Department on 21 Febrary from where it was forwarded to M for information. He replied 'with best thanks' on 23 February. On 1 June 1887 the Acting Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division, wrote from Washington thanking the Premier for the gift (P87/2283, unit 112, VPTS 1163/P1, PROV).

Please cite as “FVM-87-02-01,” 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 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/87-02-01