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Physical location:

K73/198, unit 750, VPRS 44/P inward registered and unregistered correspondence, VA Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 73.01.01

Preferred Citation:

David Coller to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-01-01. 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/1870-9/1873/73-01-01-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1/1/73
Baron Von Mueller
Director Botanic Garden
Melbourne.
Dear Sir
I hope you will be so kind as to allow me my salary for the 15
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15 above 14 deleted.
days that I was ill for conseder I have Sundays duty to attend too for which I receive no pay and I frequently have to worke before and after time and having 4 houses and the propagating Department to attend to it must be acknowledge that my occupation is not so healthy as the ordenary garden work for I am always subject to heats and colds.
I remain
your obedient Servant
D Coller
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This letter was appended to M to J. Casey, 2 January 1873.