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Physical location:

Unit 3, p. 282, VPRS 7936/P1 outward letterbooks of the Secretary for Lands, Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 69.12.13

Preferred Citation:

John Lewis to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-12-13. 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/1860-9/1869/69-12-13-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Office of Lands and Survey
Melbourne, 13th December 1869.
Sir,
I am directed by the Honorble the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey to acknowledge receipt of your letters of the 9th and 10th instant,
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Letters not found.
respectively: — to forward for your perusal the accompanying copy of a letter from Mr Ferguson,
2
William Ferguson.
dated 11th instant:— and to request you will be good enough to furnish, without delay, any explanation you may have to offer relative to the statements conveyed in the underlined portion thereof.
3
M's copy of Ferguson's letter has not been found, but its content may be inferred from the letter that Lewis wrote to Ferguson on 13 December 1869, quoted in notes to J. Lewis to M, 10 December 1869.
I have the honor to be
Sir
your most obedient Servant
John L. Lewis
Dr. von Mueller
Government Botanist
&c.&c.&c.