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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand de Lesseps   [1889]

TO
Name Count Lesseps
Address Paris

MESSAGE.

The Royal (Geographical Society) (Australasia) (conveys deepest sympathy) (to you) (to whose) genius whole civilized world owes lasting gratitude1

Baron Von Mueller President

1

This may refer to the fact that the Panama Canal Company, of which de Lesseps was president, declared itself bankrupt in December 1888 and went into liquidation in February 1889, halting all construction work on the canal.

2

Telegram copy filed with other correspondence from 1889.

Please cite as “FVM-89-00-00a,” 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/89-00-00a