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RSA/B/1, No. 11, letter abstract book, Royal Society of Tasmania Archives, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 70.02.07a

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James Agnew to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-02-07 [70.02.07a]. 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/1870-9/1870/70-02-07a-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

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Letter not found; item is a summary in the Society's letter-book of a letter written on 7 February 1870. See also M to J. Agnew, 31 December 1869.
[To Baron F. Von Mueller, Melbourne acknowledging receipt of his paper on Tasmanian Plants.
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B71.13.05. For MS of this paper see RSA/A.17 F. Mueller, 'Contributions to the phytography of Tasmania II', Royal Society of Tasmania Archives.
Agnew read M's paper at a meeting of the Royal Society. The paper was accompanied by 'notices of upwards of a hundred plants, many of them hitherto undescribed, observed by the author in the region of Mount Field, &c'. Morton Allport proposed a special vote of thanks to M: 'It was pleasant to find a savant of such world-wide fame, and whose scientific labours are so much greater than we are aware of, communicate so freely with this Society, when so many of our other corresponding members are silent.' Mr Davies made some eulogistic remarks on M's labours on behalf of Tasmanian botany and 'cordially seconded the motion, which was unanimously carried' (P apers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, (1871), pp. 3-4).
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