The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 21 June 1864 ¶ Dear Sir, ¶ ¶ At your departure from Australia permit me to offer you my little photograph ¶ as a small token of remembrance, and to ask for yours for my collection of great contempor...

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Physical location:

Sammlung Nebauer, Handschriftenabteilung, Universitätsbibliothek, Leipzig. 64.06.21

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Georg Neumayer, 1864-06-21. 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/64-06-21>, accessed September 11, 2025

21./6/64

Verehrter Herr!

Erlauben Sie mir Ihnen bei Ihrem Scheiden von Australien mein Bildchen als ein geringes Andenkens-Zeichen anzubieten, und mir das Ihre für die Sammlung der mir befreundeten grossen Zeitgenossen zu erbitten.

Der Ihre

Ferd. Mueller.

Herrn Professor Neumayer

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21 June 1864

Dear Sir,

At your departure from Australia permit me to offer you my little photograph

An album of photographs presented to Neumayer at the time of his departure from Melbourne is in the Neumayer-Archiv, Museum für Naturkunde, Bad Dürkheim. It includes a copy of the photograph of M published in R. Pescott (1982), p. 34.

as a small token of remembrance, and to ask for yours for my collection of great contemporaries who are my friends.

Your

Ferd. Mueller.

Professor Neumayer

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