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MS 13071 Royal Society of Victoria Exploration Committee records, box 2078/3, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 62.01.29Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to John Macadam, 1862-01-29. 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/62-01-29>, accessed September 11, 2025
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MS black-edged. M's sister, Bertha Doughty, died on 7 September 1861.
My dear Dr Macadam.
I beg to enclose this letter
with a request to learn whether Mr Dickson was instructed by you to write to me the
byefollowing letter. I object not only to the uncourteous tone but also to the request
itself, in as much as he refers to the transcripts of the Exploration journals, which
were not ordered by the Exploration Committee to be returned from the Offices of the
daily papers. I undertook by special desire of the Explor. Committee the transcription
and returned the original journals
, which are consequently available. If the latter had been taken to the journal offices
it would be quite right to ask for their restoration, altho' I would not [even] individually
be responsible for them, as the copies were not on my own idea but by order of the
Chairman of the Expl Committee forwarded by myself to the newspapers Offices.
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R. Dickson to M, 28 January 1862.
I cannot but think that you have been misinformed in the matter, as I can not anticipate
that you would have found reason to depart from your usual urbanity in this instance
Believe me
dear Dr Macadam
to be
your very truly
Ferd. Mueller