11th of April [188]9
Sir,
I am directed by the Trustees to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd ultimo,1 and to inform you that the Trustees will be very pleased to forward to America a collection of your illustrated works, in exchange for a copy of the works of the late Dr Engelmann,2 which you propose to present to the Public Library.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
T. F. Bride
Librarian
Baron von Mueller
Government Botanist
Melbourne
Please cite as “FVM-89-04-11b,” 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