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M1069, unit 25, VPRS 1096 inward correspondence, VA 466 Governor, Public Record Office, Victoria. 69.05.25

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry C. Manners-Sutton, 1869-05-25. 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/1860-9/1869/69-05-25-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot Garden
25/5/69.
I owe my excuse, dear Mr Manners-Sutton, to his Excellency for not attending yesterday, the levee. Since seven weeks I am suffering from a deepseated bronchial catarrh, which has not yielded yet to any treatment. Under this affliction I have to observe the utmost caution and to avoid all exposure to the cold air, and I shall be obliged to proceed for a while to Queensland when the most urgent work of the season has passed, unless indeed I should get better before. With my inhered tendency to phthisis I cannot be sufficiently cautious. I need scarcely say that as a dignitary of the British Crown I was particularly eager to pay my homage yesterday.
With best regards
Ferd. von Mueller
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MS annotation by Sir Henry Manners-Sutton: 'Give receipt / express regret at cause of absence. J.H.T.M-S May 27. 1869'. MS annotation added on the same day by H. C. Manners-Sutton: 'Done'.