The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: EXPLORATION COMMITTEE. ¶ Royal Society of Victoria ¶ VICTORIA STREET ¶ Melbourne, ¶ January 28th ¶ 186 ¶ 2 ¶ Sir...

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Physical location:

MS 13071 Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee records, box 2078/3, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 62.01.28

Preferred Citation:

Robert Dickson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1862-01-28. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/62-01-28>, accessed September 11, 2025

For a handwritten copy of this letter see box 2088B/5, pp. 152-3.

EXPLORATION COMMITTEE.

Royal Society of Victoria

VICTORIA STREET

Melbourne, January 28th 1862

Sir

I beg to inform you that the documents you took away from this office on the 6th Novr 1861 have not been returned so far as it regards those you delivered to the "Age"

This presumably refers to transcripts of William Wills's journal that were published in the Melbourne Age, 7 November 1861, pp. 5-7, and also in the Argus on the same day, p. 5.

although they have been repeatedly applied for.

As these documents are now required for special purposes, I have to request you to interest yourself to get them returned.

I would not trouble you in this matter were it not that as you took the said documents away without my being allowed to inspect and get a receipt for them I have no means of bringing home the neglect to the defaulting reporter or Editor.

I have therefore to request your early attention to the matter.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your obedient Servant

Robert Dickson

asst Secty E.C.R.S.V.

Dr Mueller

MS annotation by F. McCoy, 3 February 1862: 'Received'.

See also M to J. Macadam, 29 January 1862.