The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [Also one from Baron F. Von Mueller intimating that three volumes of a work entitled "Flora Capensis," by Drs Harvey & Sonder ¶ had been presented to the Society by the latter gentleman, who also ...

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RSA/A/5 minute book, Royal Society of Tasmania Archives, Hobart. 69.04.00

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James Agnew, 1869-04. 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/1860-9/1869/69-04-00-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Letter not found; item is a minute entry only, a summary of correspondence received included in the minutes of the meeting of the Council of the Royal Society of Tasmania held on 13 April 1869. The content is included in a modified form in Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1869 (1870), pp. 5-6. The letter is dated to April 1869 as the latest date that it could have been written to have been read at that meeting.

[Also one from Baron F. Von Mueller intimating that three volumes of a work entitled "Flora Capensis," by Drs Harvey & Sonder

Harvey & Sonder (1859-65).

had been presented to the Society by the latter gentleman, who also took the opportunity of conveying his thanks for the honor done him by his election as a Corresponding Member of the Society.

Sonder had been elected a corresponding member at the meeting of 14 April 1868 (Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1868, p. 4). See also J. Agnew to M, 19 April 1869.

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