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Unit 5, p. 633, VPRS 2225 outward letterpress copy books, Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Public Record Office, Victoria. 68.04.08b

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George Sprigg to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1868-04-08 [68.04.08b]. 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/1860-9/1868/68-04-08b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

April 8 [186]8
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editorial addition.
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday asking for gold fish for Mr [McLethlow].
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Letter not found ; person seeking fish not identified.
With this I beg to [convey] a reply which by direction of the Council I have prepared for him which if it meets with your approval will you please forward.
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Letter not found. It appears that M again asked for goldfish a month later, although perhaps not on the same basis; see G. Sprigg to M, 7 May 1868 (in this edition as 68-05-07a).
I also enclose a pamphlet
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The pamphlet was a copy of Riley (1832) and was sent by the author's son, A. R. Riley, who had written a foreword to it; no evidence of a printed edition with A. R. Riley's preface has been found. Dr Thomas Black had evidently seen a copy and been sufficiently impressed with the publication that he had the Acclimatisation Society ask Riley on 26 February 1868 to send them a copy (Unit 5, p. 598, VPRS 2225 outward letterpress copy books, Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Public Record Office, Victoria). On 14 February 1868, Sprigg wrote thanking Riley for the pamphlet saying: 'It is now in the hands of the President Dr Black and subsequently Dr Mueller shall have it' (Unit 5, p. 584, VPRS 2225 outward letterpress copy books, Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Public Record Office, Victoria).
sent to me by Mr A. Riley of Rosedale Gipps Land
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Vic.
which he [so] particularly [desired] you [should] […].
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illegible.
I shall be obliged if you will kindly return it when read.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most Obedt Servt
Geo Sprigg
Scy
To Dr F von Mueller F.R.S.
&c&c&c