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Physical location:

No. 1247, vol. 1866 N, VPRS 1168/P inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 66.02.01a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch, 1866-02-01 [66.02.01a]. 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/1860-9/1866/66-02-01a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found; Item is a register entry only, of a letter dated 1 February 1866.
[Application from C Jacobs for use of Gardens for a Concert on 17th inst]
2
The letter was returned to M on 6 February annotated: 'Who is Mr J & in what character applyg'. It was referred again to M on 9 February annotated: 'an applicn can be granted on the usual conditions'.
No record of a concert at the Botanic Gardens on 17 February 1866 has been found. However, a concert promoted by Coleman Jacobs to aid the maintenance of the St Vincent de Paul Orphanage was held there on 24 February (Argus, 26 February 1866, p. 5).