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Physical location:

ML MSS.562, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 74.10.10

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1874-10-10. 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/1870-9/1874/74-10-10-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

Melbourne 10/10/74
By this post, dear Mr Ramsay, I have written to Commodore Goodenough,
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concerning our desire to proceed in the Pearl to N. G., and explained also the main objects of our trip.
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M was very keen to go with Ramsay on a journey of exploration to the Eastern New Guinea mountains; see M to E. Ramsay, 19 August 1874, and M to E. Ramsay, 12 September 1874 (in this edition as 74-09-12a).
Young Baron Huegel
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Anatole Hügel.
is also anxious to get a passage. Be so kind not to speak on the subject, as I have not yet mentioned the matter to my Ministerial Chief.
Regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller.
I have just heard from Rev Dr Woolls,
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that you have obtained the honorable post as Curator of the Museum, which will open you a glorious path.
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Ramsay had been appointed Curator of the Australian Museum, Sydney, following the Trustees’ dismissing of Gerard Krefft. The NSW Government did not however recognise the Trustees’ authority to take such action and as a result the legality of Ramsay’s appointment was initially uncertain.
Accept my best gratulation.