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From William Sewell to Ferdinand von Mueller   24 Nov 1888

24 November [188]8

Sir.

With reference to your memorandum of the 8th instant1 enclosing a letter from Mr W. Fawcett F.G.S. of the Botanical Department, Jamaica, W.I.2 (herewith returned) and supporting the request of that gentlemen to be furnished with a copy of the "Eucalyptographia" and of the "Iconography of Acacias", I beg to inform you that the Premier has approved of the presentation, and Mr Fawcett has been advised accordingly.3

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient servant

Wm Sewell

Acting Secretary

Sir F. von Mueller K.C.M.G. &c &c

Government Botanist

1

Letter not found.

2

West Indies.

3

M had sent enough seed of Eucalyptus leucoxylon and E. tereticornis to stock the island but it failed to germinate (W. Fawcett to D. Morris, 26 September 1887 and 17 October 1887, RBG Kew, Directors' correspondence, vol. 201, f. 147, ff. 152-3 respectively).

Please cite as “FVM-88-11-24,” 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/88-11-24