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Physical location:

RB MSS M41, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 65.02.28

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Euphemia Henderson, 1865-02-28. 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/1860-9/1865/65-02-28-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

28/2/65
My dear Miss
It is gratifying to me to perceive, that you cherish such kind feelings for poor Leichhardt. So you will be pleased to hear, that the Ladies (16 from the 8 great denominations) have been delegated & will meet first on Thursday. The ladies representing your church are Mrs Dr Bromby & the hon. Mrs Capt Cole.
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Eliza Bromby and Thomas Anne Cole represented the Anglican Church on the Ladies' Leichhardt Search Committee.
I mention this not with a view of enacting a subscription from you, for it is on those living in affluence that Leichhardt has claims above all; but in order that any little contribution you may be able to obtain in exchange for these humble papers may through your special coreligionists pass into the Ladies hands.
It is a movement, which will be followed with deep interest by the whole intellectual world & which has thought
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taught?
me already to recognize in many instances the true character of others.
Trusting that your health & spirit are unimpaired, I remain, in deep regards yr
Ferd Mueller