The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 31/8/70 ¶ ¶ Allow me the gratification, dear Mr Archer, to offer you to your new honor from His Holiness ¶ Archer had been awarded the papal decoration ofKnight Commander of St...

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Physical location:

2/137/3, Archer papers, University of Melbourne Archives. 70.08.31

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Henry Archer, 1870-08-31. 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/1870-9/1870/70-08-31-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

MS envelope front: 'W. H. Archer Esqr | Registrar General | &c &c &c | Melbourne ' In the bottom left of the envelope, between two lines is: 'Ferd Mueller'.

Melbourne bot Garden

31/8/70

Allow me the gratification, dear Mr Archer, to offer you to your new honor from His Holiness

Archer had been awarded the papal decoration of Knight Commander of St Gregory the Great; see Advocate (Melbourne), 10 September 1870, p. 8.

my best gratulation. It is a mark of distinction well deserved after your many years zealous services for education and for the statistics & or our […]

Bottom left of MS torn. The words that are legible are: '[...] with […] name […] his to […]'.

your […]

MS torn.