Paris, 9th June, 1888.
11 Avenue Montaigne.
Mr. President.
I hasten to inform you that I have received your gracious letter in which you have let me know that in accordance with your proposal, the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, in Victoria, has vouchsafed to nominate me an Honorary member. This mark of esteem coming from such a distance has sensibly touched me. I accept, with gratitude, the title which you and your colleagues have been good enough to confer upon me.
Accept, Mr. President, the assurance of my most distinguished and devoted sentiments.
F. De Lesseps.
The Baron Ferd. von Mueller, etc. etc.1
The letter was read at a meeting of the Council of the Victorian Branch on 18 October 1888. M’s letter of April 1888 to de Lesseps informing him of his election as an honorary member had been tabled at the meeting of the Council on 1 May 1868 (letter not found); see Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Vic. Branch), vol. 6, pt. 1 (September 1888), p. 13.
Letter not found. For the text given here, see Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Vic. Branch), vol. 6, pt. 2 (January 1889), p. 9.
Please cite as “FVM-88-06-09,” 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