28. 7. [189]4.1
Dear Baron von Mueller,
I was very deeply touched by your letter of the 20th instant2 in which you felicitate me upon my election to the position of President of our society.3 I am deeply sensible of the honour conferred upon me, and should, indeed, have felt greatly disappointed had I not received a word of encouragement from one so highly distinguished and universally respected throughout the whole scientific world as the learned President of the Victorian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia. I appreciate the felicitation of my exalted Victorian colleague most highly and I shall do every thing in my power to further the interests of your branch of the society as well as of my own. Upon this subject I shall take the liberty of addressing you later on.4
With deep respects
I am dear Baron von Mueller
Very faithfully yours
J. P. Thomson
President
Please cite as “FVM-94-07-28,” 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