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From Luis I, King of Portugal to Ferdinand von Mueller   28 Apr 1887

Por El-Rei de Portugal

Ao Barão Ferdinand de Muller, naturalista, subdito allemão.1

Barão Ferdinand de Muller, naturalista, subdito allemão. Eu, El Rei de Portugal e dos Algarves etc, vos Envio muito saudar. Attendendo aos vossos distinctos merecimentos e qualidades e Querendo Dar-vos um publico testemunho da Minha Consideração e apreço em que Tenho os generosos donativos que haveis feito ao Museu de Lisboa de importantes collecções de productos zoologicos de Australia: Hei por bem, Annuindo á proposta do Ministro e Secretario d'Estado dos Negocios Extrangeiros, Elevar-vos á Dignidade de Gran Cruz da Real Ordem Militar Portugueza de Nosso Senhor Jesus Christo. O que Me pareceu participar-vos para vossa intelligencia e satisfação, e para que possaes desde já uzar das respectivas insignias vos Mando esta Carta.

Escripta no Paço d'Ajuda, em vinte e oito de Abril de mil oitocentos oitenta e sete.

El Rei

Jose Luciano de Castro

Para o Barão Ferdinand de Muller,

naturalista, subdito allemão.

From the King of Portugal

To the Baron Ferdinand von Muller, naturalist, German subject.

Baron Ferdinand von Müller, naturalist, German subject. I, the King of Portugal and of the Algarves etc, send you greetings. In view of your distinct merits and qualities and wishing to give you public testimony of my consideration and the esteem I have for the generous donations you have made to the Lisbon Museum of important collections of zoological products from Australia: I deign, agreeing to the proposal of the Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to raise you to the dignity of the Grand Cross of the Portuguese Royal Military Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ.2 This my decision I communicate to you for your knowledge and satisfaction and in order that from now on you may use the respective insignia I send you with this letter.

Written in the Palace of Ajuda on the twenty-eight of April of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

The King

Jose Luciano de Castro3

To the Baron Ferdinand von Muller,

Naturalist, German subject.

1

These lines appear on a separate address page. There is a seal beneath the address.

2

See Lucas (2013a), pp. 20-21, for a discussion of the context of this award.

3

Prime Minister of Portugal at the time.

Please cite as “FVM-87-04-28a,” 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/87-04-28a