From Charles La Trobe to Ronald Gunn   27 October 1853

Melbourne 27 October 1853

 

My dear Gunn

I send you the first copy at my disposal of Dr Müllers report upon our Vegetation.1 It is one you will read with interest — & admit does him great credit. I consider myself very fortunate to have secured to the Colony a man of class and talent — & perseverance —

You have now old Mr Swainson — much good may he do you. His report & 'wonderful discover[ies]' are also in the printers hands2 — & you shall have them in due time —

I have heard nothing as yet of my successor3 —

Yrs in gt. haste

but very truly

C. J. Latrobe

1
B53.10.01.
2
Swainson (1853).
3
La Trobe submitted his resignation as Lieutenant Governor in December 1852 but his successor, Sir Charles Hotham, was not appointed until December 1853 (and did not arrive in Victoria until June 1854).

Please cite as “FVM-M53-10-27,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/M53-10-27