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ML MSS.2134/1, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (NSW Branch) papers, MItchell Library, Sydney. 85.11.27

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Maiden, 1885-11-27. 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/85-11-27>, accessed May 5, 2025

1
MS annotation: 'Ansd. 15/12'. Letter not found. For a summary of the above letter see: ML MSS.853/2 letter register, no. 895, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (NSW Branch), Mitchell Library: 'J. H. Maiden re health'.
27/11/85.
Let me hope, dear Mr Maiden, that you arrived well at your home, and that you found your family also well and happy - only, be careful now, not to overwork yourself, so that the good, which your tour during convalescence has done you, may not be lost again.
2
Maiden had been unwell for several months, probably from typhoid fever, but had recently visited Melbourne; see M to E. Strickland, 10 October 1885, especially n. 12, and M to E. Strickland, 21 November 1885.
We passed here at our meeting yesterday a short resolution congratulatory and rejoycive, and (in confidence speaking) appointed a subcommittee; to report to our meeting next week, whether my proposition, to hold a ball in the interest of this branch of the society is feasible.
The enclosed few lines for Mr Bäuerlen are mainly intended as a felicitation to himself.
3
Enclosed letter not found.
Very regardfully
your
Ferd. von Mueller
We here look forward with great interest to the forthcoming fêtes in honor of the expedition. I hope the name Strickland will be maintained for the new large branch of the River
4
The name has been maintained for a major tributary of the Fly River recorded during the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia's New Guinea exploring expedition in 1885.