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Physical location:

RB MSS M41, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 66.09.23

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Euphemia Henderson, 1866-09-23. 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/1860-9/1866/66-09-23-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

23/9/66
It is very gratifying to me, dear Miss, that you keep so kindly me in remembrance, a goodness, which I have but little deserved.
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Henderson's letter to which M is evidently responding not found.
Yesterday I intended to see you, after the crowd dispersed, but you were gone, before I could approach you. Let me hope that your health is good and that you are living in agreable surroundings.
I accept your friendly gratulation
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It would seem that Henderson had written to congratulate M on his latest knighthood, the Prussian Order of the Crown (see Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, to M, 9 June 1866).
as a mark of friendly regards, but though I am not insensible to the honors, which now successively seven sovereigns have bestowed on me, yet I feel that all this tends but little to provide real happiness.
If there is anything in the Garden that you deem acceptable to Mr M’Haffie I will gladly send it when you proceed to Phillip Island.
I shall not fail to look at the pictures attentively, to which you allude.
With my very best wishes
your
Ferd Mueller