8/8/93
Have just written, dear Dr Dyer, to Dr Joseph Bancroft,1 urging that he and the hon Aug Gregory aid Mr Bailey through his difficulty.2 Had just a letter from Bailey.3 He ought all the more be helped, as in 1894 the Austral. Assoc is to meet in Brisbane.4 Have little to send by this mail.
With friendship always your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Documents in this file concerning Bailey’s retrenchment and reinstatement as Queensland’s Government Botanist include a draft of a supporting letter from Thiselton-Dyer to the Queensland Agent General, 16 September1893 (ff. 43-4); an assurance from the Agent General that the letter would be forwarded to Brisbane (f. 45); a letter from F. Bailey to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 17 October 1893, reporting his dismissal (ff. 46-7); 'The Parliamentary Debates, Queensland First Session of the Eleventh Parliament', 5 October 1893, on which sections concerning the colonial botanist are marked in red (ff. 48-9); a draft of a letter of regret at Bailey’s dismissal from W. Thiselton-Dyer to the Permanent Secretary of the Colonial Office, 15 December 1893 (ff. 51-2); a letter F. Bailey to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 7 February 1894, thanking him for his critical support in having the post reinstated from 1 January 1894, albeit at a reduced salary (ff. 53–4); and a clipping commenting on M’s death , contrasting the Victorian Government’s treatment of M during its financial crisis with the way Bailey was treated by Queensland (f. 50).
See also M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 3 November 1893.
Please cite as “FVM-93-08-08a,” 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/93-08-08a