The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ I will render Mr. Davis’s ¶ readiness to accompany the expedition known to its leader ¶ His willingness to do so reflects great credit on him....

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65.00.00b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Samuel Mee, 1865 [65.00.00b]. 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/1860-9/1865/65-00-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

Letter not found. For the text given here, see B89.06.03, in an article by Mee, ‘Recollections of “Durramboi”’, in the Brisbane courier. Mee is remembering the search for Ludwig Leichhardt by the Ladies’ Leichhardt Search Expedition in 1865-6. He reports having written to M before the expedition recommending the services of James Davis (‘Durramboi’), a man who had lived with Aborigines for 14 years. Mee writes: ‘I soon received a reply, couched in the Baron’s characteristically cordial style’.

I will render Mr. Davis’s

James Davis.

readiness to accompany the expedition known to its leader

Duncan McIntyre. Mee intercalated 'he wrote' between the two quoted extracts.

His willingness to do so reflects great credit on him.

See also M to S. Mee, February 1867 (in this edition as 67-02-00b).