To Mary Rolleston   1 October 1890

1/10/90

 

It was a pleasant surprise to me, dear Miss Rolleston, to receive with your kind inscription the volume on the “History of Ballarat”,1 a place visited by me, when it was a small lot of tents only. By this thoughtful gift of yours I am also reminded of my generous friend, Mr Oddie,2 so that I have sent him also a private copy of the “Select plants” to Ballarat.

With regardful remembrance your

Ferd. von Mueller3

1
The book has not been positively identified. The most likely candidate is Withers (1887).
2
Probably James Oddie (1824 -1911); but could be his brother Thomas Ralph Oddie (1830-1927).
3

There are two associated envelopes:

In M’s hand:

‘Miss Mary Rolleston

82 Nicholson- Street

Fitzroy.’

[Annotated in another hand, in the top right corner above the address:

Oct 1890. Baron von Muller

Melbourne]


and in an unknown hand


Sir Ferdinand Müller

[or] Baron Ferd. von Müller

Arnold St.

St Kilda Road

Melbourne

Please cite as “FVM-90-10-01a,” 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 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/90-10-01a