The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne Botan. Garden ¶ 31/5/70 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you, that I placed your letter of 21st May, ¶ respecting the wishes of the Hotham Cricket Club, yesterday before my colleagues ...

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Physical location:

A345 Royal Park Zoological Society letter & minute book, p.38, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 70.05.31d

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Clarke, 1870-05-31 [70.05.31d]. 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/1870-9/1870/70-05-31d-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Newspaper accounts show that William Clarke was a banker and a JP, but he has not been otherwise identified.

Melbourne Botan. Garden

31/5/70

Sir

I have the honor to inform you, that I placed your letter of 21st May,

Letter not found.

respecting the wishes of the Hotham Cricket Club, yesterday before my colleagues at the meeting of the Trustees of the Royal Park, but I was directed to inform you that the application for a special area within the Park as a Cricket Ground could not be entertained.

See also M to J. McGibbon, 20 July 1870.

I have the honor to be,

Sir

your obedient

(signed) Ferd. von Mueller

Hon. Sec. Trust. R. Park.

Wm Clarke Esq.