From Edward Ramsay1    September 1891

The Baron Sir Ferd. Von Mueller, K.C.M.G., F.R.S.

&c &c &c

Sept 1891

My dear Baron,

Your letter2 reached me in due time, and ere this you will have received the box containing the birds returned.3

Dr Bennett4 I am glad to say is well and payed us a visit a day or two ago to see the wonderful Marsupial Mole kindly sent us by Dr. Stirling of Adelaide.5 I think he has taken a new lease of life, for like Sir Alfred Stephens must now be over 84 years of age.6

With many kind regards, believe me, my dear Baron,

yours truly,

Ed. P. Ramsay.

 

P.S. Of course you have heard all about poor Wilkinsons death.7 He will prove a sad loss to all of us, both from a social as well as a scientific point.

Ed. P. R.

1
MS is a lfile copy. There is a typescript copy of this letter at ML MSS.563/3, p. 653, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
2
M to E. Ramsay, 16 August 1891.
3
See M to E. Ramsay, 4 September 1891.
4
George Bennett. See M to E. Ramsay, 16 August 1891.
5
E. C. Stirling, who first described the animal; see Stirling (1888).
6
Bennett was 87 years old at this time; the retired chief justice and legislator Sir Alfred Stephen was 89.
7
Charles Wilkinson, NSW Government Geologist, died on 26 August 1891.

Please cite as “FVM-91-09-00,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/91-09-00