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Museum of Comparative Zoology, Agassiz Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 60.11.05Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to [Henry Edwards], 1860-11-05. 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//letters/1860-9/1860/60-11-05-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
1
No addressee is indicated but the letter is now among Edwards’s papers at Harvard.
Dear Sir
It will aford me much pleasure to attend to your request of having a small collection
of our duplicate specimens of dried plants made up for you previous to your home-journey.
I presume you will kindly let me know when you leave.
For some little while I would find it difficult to spare time for selecting the plants.
2
Edwards did not leave Australia until 1865 when he went to New Zealand, and then the
following year to the USA (advertisement for sale of library and art works ‘prior
to his departure from the colony’, Argus, 6 February 1865, p. 2; Brown-May & May (1997) p. 412). M may have expected Edwards
to be leaving as his contract as theatre manager was until the end of November 1860,
although he continued to fulfil the role and successfully sued the proprietor when
it was terminated (Argus, 6 April 1861, p. 6). Edwards continued to act and manage theatres in Melbourne and
Ballarat until 1865. He and M remained in contact after he left Australia (see M to
H. Edwards, 3 February 1873) and he supplied M with seeds from San Francisco (M to J. Grant, 8 March 1869).
Regardfully yours
Ferd. Mueller