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RB MSS M125, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 69.03.11bPreferred Citation:
Thomas Powell to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-03-11 [69.03.11b]. 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/1860-9/1869/69-03-11b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
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MS found with a
n
undated
specimen of
Ascarina lucida
var.
lanceolata
(MEL 2391218)
from Samoa.
Powell addressed a meeting of the Victorian Auxillary to the London Missionary Society
at the Independent Church, Colins Street, Melbourne on 10 March 1869, and is listed as a passenger with his wife on
Dandenong
that departed Melbourne for Sydney on Thursday 11 March 1869 (Argus, 10 March 1869, p. 8;
Argus, 12 March 1869, p. 4). The letter is dated accordingly.
I am sorry not to have had time to put up something more. Kindly accept these for
the present.
We sail by the “Dandenong” at noon.
Excuse haste and believe me,
My dear Doctor
Yours very truly
Thos. Powell
Thursday Morning