Document information

Physical location:

P67/474, unit 381, VPRS 3991 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria. 66.11.03a

Preferred Citation:

Samuel Roberts to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1866-11-03 [66.11.03a]. 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/1860-9/1866/66-11-03a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS is annotated 'No 21' of 74 receipts covering materials supplied from the Botanic Garden for the Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia, Melbourne, 1866-7, for which M was one of the Commissioners.
116 SWANSTON STREET,
Melbourne, Nov 3d 1866
Dr Mueller
To SAMUEL HARTLEY ROBERTS,
Sign Writer, House Painter, Decorator & Embosser on Glass.
To Exhibition acct
Pot Sienna for Staining
1
6
Oct 16
Turpentine
2
6
1 Brush
2
6
" 20
Turpentine
5
0
Black paint 1/6 Brush 1/-
2
6
32 labels for woods at 1/-
1
12
0
2
5
0
2
A mistake has been made in the addition; the correct total, '2. 6. 0', has been written across the columns and initialled [initials illegible].
Recd payment
S. H. Roberts