The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 3/10/86 ¶ ¶ You will have been surprised, dear Mr Mitten, that I never did acknowledge your last return-sending of Mosses; but when I say, that the parcel, on which the date of receipt at Kew is mark...

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RBG Kew, Letters to W. Mitten, 1848-1905, f. 217. 86.10.03

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Mitten, 1886-10-03. 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/86-10-03>, accessed September 11, 2025

3/10/86

You will have been surprised, dear Mr Mitten, that I never did acknowledge your last return-sending of Mosses; but when I say, that the parcel, on which the date of receipt at Kew is marked 30/10/83, arrived here only last week (24/9/86), your wondering at my taciturnity will cease.

In a great national establishment, such as that of Kew, things of course, may easily be mislaid, and I do not write to blame any one, but to exonerate myself from neglect towards you. Simultaneously came a parcel of Algs from Prof Eaton, which was received in 1879, of the presenting of which to my Department I became not aware til now, and which therefore only now I can acknowledge.

Allow me to ask you, whether you are still kindly inclined, to give also to me your inestimable favor as in former years[,] for my Department to examine Mosses, such as successively are here secured. If so, I will at once resume my sendings to you.

Let me hope, dear Mr Mitten, that you are enjoying health and strenght, and that thus you will be able yet for a long time, to continue your highly important researches!

Regardfully

your

Ferd. von Mueller.