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Ferdinand von Mueller

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  • August Petermann to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-12-??.
    ¶ [Regarding the letter of our correspondent "Ubiquity," in Saturday's issue, ¶ relative to the Russian scientific expedition to New Guinea, we learn that a letter was received by Dr. Von Mueller th...
    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Albert Grunow, 1870-12-01.
      ¶ Would you do me the kindness, respected Professor, to compare the enclosed ¶ Polypodium ¶ with ¶ P. lanceola ¶ , because you probably have access to the collection of your late friend Professor ...
      • Edmund FitzGibbon to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-12-19.
        Town Hall Melbourne ¶ 19th December 1870 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ In reply to your letter of the 17th ultimo relative to the depositing of night soil in the Botanical Reserve and in answer to mine of the 16th ulti...
        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard Fenzl, 1871-01-24.
          Melbourne, Botanic Garden, ¶ 24 January 1871. ¶ ¶ Recently, noble Sir, I sent you via London 30 species of seed of those Australian trees that can tolerate light frosts, via Hamburg, and our friend D...
          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1871-01-26.
            Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 26 January 1871. ¶ ¶ From the enclosed letter from General Sir William Denison ¶ (formerly Governor General of Australia, later Governor of Madras) you will see, noble Si...
            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1871-02-09.
              Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 9 February 1871. ¶ Noble friend, ¶ ¶ I am dispatching to you a collection of Australian timbers in polished samples to my London agents Messrs C. Blackitt ¶ & Co. by the ...
              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1871-02-12.
                12/2/71 ¶ ¶ A Gentleman of my department, dear Dr Hooker, proceeds home by the Swiftsure and will visit Kew on his Way to Germany. His name is [Mr Chrs] Hoffmann, ¶ Christian Hoffmann. ¶ ¶ and he co...
                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Birch, 1871-02-14.
                  Melbourne, ¶ botan Garden ¶ 14/2/71. ¶ ¶ I gladly send you, dear Mr Birch, the only copy which I have left of the beautiful map, published by my illustrious friend, Prof. Dr Petermann, on the Austral...
                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl Meisner, 1871-02-18.
                    Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 18 February 1871. ¶ ¶ A favourable opportunity presents itself to me, esteemed Professor, to send you a very few rare Proteaceae through a Swiss friend, Mr J. H. Dardel, ¶...
                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Lindberg, 1871-02-21.
                      Melbourne Botanic Gardens, ¶ 21 February 1871. ¶ ¶ For quite some time, noble friend, I have been without news from you. I worry that you may be ill. So I am just enquiring, hoping that this letter w...
                      • Eduard Regel to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-04-01.
                        St Petersburg, ¶ 1 April 1871. ¶ Very esteemed Sir and friend, ¶ ¶ Yesterday I sent you a collection of approximately 800 species of seed, and I enclosed several publications with it. Also Maximowicz...
                        • Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-04-04.
                          P & O. St. V. Massilia ¶ April 4 /71. ¶ Dear Dr Mueller ¶ ¶ I am on my way for a much needed relaxation to Tangier (via Gibraltar) where I shall spend some weeks & hope to get some good plants. I wro...
                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Julius Haast, 1871-04-08.
                            Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ Easter eve 1871. ¶ ¶ Not for a long time, noble friend, have I had such a pleasurable hour as this evening, when I read your paper on the Moa hunters. ¶ Several things in...
                            • Ferdinand von Krauss to Wilhelm Sonder, 1871-04-10.
                              ¶ I have now taken steps concerning the matter of our friend von Mueller, and largely on this account my reply to your letter was delayed. You are aware ¶ ¶ that Mr von Golther is no longer the Mini...
                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Lindberg, 1871-04-19.
                                Melbourne Botanic Gardens, ¶ 19 April 1871. ¶ ¶ For a long time, dear Professor, I have been looking out for news from you. I do not even know, if my original collection of Australian mosses, contain...
                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick McCoy, 1871-04-20.
                                  Melbourne botanic Garden ¶ 20/4/71 ¶ Private ¶ ¶ I understand, dear Professor, that your opinion will be taken (probably immediately) in reference to removing me from my Directorship or maintaining m...
                                  • Heinrich Schmidt to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-04-24.
                                    Frankfurt on Main, 24 April 1871. ¶ The ¶ Senckenberg ¶ Naturalists’ Society ¶ to...
                                    • the Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-04-24.
                                      ¶ The Senckenberg Naturalists Society at Frankfurt on Main appoints Dr Ferdinand von Mueller, Director of the Botanic Garden in Melbourne, as its corresponding member. ¶ ¶ It flatters itself that he...
                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1871-05-06.
                                        Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 6/5/71. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ In compliance with your request for information in the intended ascent of Mount Bellenden Ker, ¶ The Colonial Secretary's Office, Brisbane, wrote to the Chief...
                                        • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-06-09.
                                          Chief Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne 9th June 1871. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ Referring to your memorandum of the 13th ultimo ¶ Letter not found. ¶ ¶ on an application from the Creswick Shire Council for the servi...
                                          • Wilhelm Sonder to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1871-06-09.
                                            Hamburg, 9 June [18]71 ¶ Dear Friend, ¶ ¶ Director von Schmidt ¶ has just written to me that you want to have an answer to your last letter. For eight days I have carried around the same thought, bu...
                                            • Wilhelm Sonder to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1871-06-11.
                                              Hamburg, 11 June 1871, ¶ 8 o'clock at night. ¶ Dear friend, ¶ ¶ You have barely received my last letter, ¶ and now another follows already. Below you find the reason in the request from our friend i...
                                              • Gustav von Silcher to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1871-06-13.
                                                Most esteemed Senior Educational Councillor! ¶ Yesterday morning I immediately asked for the Minister and learned that he had already gone into a meeting of the Council of Ministers. As I assumed that...
                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1871-06-16.
                                                  Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 16/6/71 ¶ ¶ With this month's mail, noble friend, I have sent the sum of £400 to our good friend Dr Sonder, being £300 for the second scholarship, which you can add to the...
                                                  • John Booth to Joseph Hooker, 1871-06-26.
                                                    Flottbeck ¶ 26th June 1871 ¶ Private ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ I received your kind letter and was delighted to hear that you had safely returned. Your reports have been red with the greatest interest & I ...
                                                    • Karl I, King of Württemberg to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-07-06.
                                                      We ¶ Karl ¶ by the grace of God ¶ King of Württemberg ¶ proclaim and make known as follows —...
                                                      • Johann von Wächter to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-07-12.
                                                        [...] Letter to ¶ Baron Dr Friedr. von Mueller, ¶ Director of the botanic and zoological Gardens, ¶ Melbourne ¶ , ¶ Australia....
                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1871-07-14.
                                                          Melbourne, Botanic Garden, ¶ 14/7/71 ¶ ¶ At long last, noble friend, I have succeeded in obtaining for your Museum skeletons of a pair of ¶ Apteryx owenii ¶ and a pair of ¶ Apteryx australis ¶ . ¶...
                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to August Petermann, 1871-07-14.
                                                            Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 14 July 1871. ¶ ¶ How can I thank you, noble Sir, for the boundless kindness with which you have done me the incomparably great honour of erecting to me a memorial of eter...
                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Johan Lange, 1871-07-15.
                                                              Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 15/7/71. ¶ ¶ This time I am writing principally, noble friend, to express my sincere gratitude to you and to your generous colleagues in the Danish capital, as well as to ...
                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh, 1871-07-15.
                                                                Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 15/7/71. ¶ ¶ Permit me, noble friend, to send you an uncorrected proof sheet of a note about the Chatham algae recently named by you. ¶ The paper you refer to has not yet...
                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Karl von Waldburg-Zeil, 1871-07-15.
                                                                  Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 15 July 1871. ¶ ¶ How can I find the words, noble Count, to thank you for the singular favour with which you deigned to erect a geographical memorial in the glacier region...
                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Lindberg, 1871-07-15.
                                                                    Melbourne, Botanic Garden, ¶ 15 July 1871. ¶ ¶ I feel compelled, noble friend, to write to you, to inquire how you are, whether you might be ill. I almost fear the latter as I have received no reply ...
                                                                    • Georg von Römer to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-07-19.
                                                                      Your honour, ¶ ¶ By repeated consignments to the State scientific collections, especially to the Royal Natural History Museum, and no less by your foundation for natural history travels ¶ you have g...
                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh, 1871-07-25.
                                                                        Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 25 July 1871. ¶ ¶ I am sending you, noble friend, a soldered case filled with algae by the ship ¶ Anglesey ¶ . They are predominantly unpressed ones from Port Phillip, wh...
                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Julius Haast, 1871-07-25.
                                                                          Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 25 July 1871. ¶ ¶ I must not, my dear compatriot, leave your friendly letter ¶ unanswered for long, and yet there is hardly an end to writing, so that I am almost complet...
                                                                          • Max Kuhn to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-08-02.
                                                                            Berlin, 2 August 1871. ¶ Highly esteemed Sir, ¶ ¶ Oh my return from a longer journey I found your esteemed favour of 22nd April ¶ with enclosure and take the liberty of replying to you as follows. ¶...
                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Julius Haast, 1871-08-10.
                                                                              Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 10 August 1871. ¶ ¶ I have asked Professor McCoy, dear compatriot, to send you new contributions for your Museum, but the enclosed note expresses his dissatisfaction, that...
                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1871-08-12.
                                                                                Melbourne, Botanic Garden, ¶ 12 August 1871. ¶ ¶ The case with the zoological specimens, noble friend, that I had promised to send by the ¶ Anglesey ¶ , is unfortunately not ready, partly because se...
                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Heinrich Schmidt, 1871-08-12.
                                                                                  Melbourne Botanic Garden ¶ 12 August 1871 ¶ ¶ It is my pleasant duty, honourable Sir, to express to the Senckenberg Society of Naturalists my deeply felt gratitude for the unexpected honour of their ...
                                                                                  • Wilhelm Sonder to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1871-08-17.
                                                                                    Dear Friend, ¶ ¶ It is to be hoped you are in possession of both the crates that I had dispatched by my people. Today I wanted to let you know how large the sum is, which our Melbourne friend has set...
                                                                                    • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-08-18.
                                                                                      Chief Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne 18th August 1871. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to request that you will instruct the Inspector of Forests ¶ to proceed to Sunbury at an early date and prepare a r...
                                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to August Petermann, 1871-09-07.
                                                                                        Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 7 September 1871 ¶ ¶ The enclosed newspaper contains perhaps a few notices that may be new to you, noble friend. The other articles on New Guinea (all written by Mr Shilli...
                                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh, 1871-09-07.
                                                                                          Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 7 September 1871. ¶ ¶ With this month's mail, noble friend, I am sending you a few algae that were found on the east coast of Tasmania by Mrs Meredith; further a small num...
                                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Johan Lange, 1871-09-07.
                                                                                            Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 7/9/71. ¶ ¶ With this month's mail, noble friend, I am dispatching a new collection of seeds to you with the thought that they will be welcome. The transmission has been a...
                                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1871-09-07.
                                                                                              Melbourne, Botanic Garden, ¶ 7 Sept. 71. ¶ ¶ It is not possible, noble friend, for me to describe in words the emotions caused by the arrival of the telegram from Ceylon, ¶ and I also find it quite ...
                                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1871-09-08.
                                                                                                8/9/71 ¶ ¶ If it pleased Mr Booth, I will send him ¶ several Todeas ¶ this summer (Dec-Febr), dear Dr Hooker, for which he could send me a few things back. I will pay the expenses here, if this exc...
                                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to August Petermann, 1871-09-09.
                                                                                                  Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 9 September 1871. ¶ ¶ Now, noble friend, when the exploration of New Guinea not only occupies so many minds but when two expeditions are actually in the field there, ¶ an...
                                                                                                  • Gustav von Silcher to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1871-09-15.
                                                                                                    Most esteemed Oberstudienrath, ¶ ¶ Enclosed I am returning the letter from Dr Sonder ¶ with sincere thanks. ¶ ¶ Regarding the wish expressed in it concerning the motivation for the said distinction...
                                                                                                    • August Petermann to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-09-15.
                                                                                                      15 September 1871. ¶ Revered Patron and friend, ¶ ¶ Your amiable letter and transmission of 14 July ¶ arrived here the day before yesterday and caused me further embarrassment with your excessive ki...
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