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Physical location:

J76/6200, unit 916, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 76.06.12a

Preferred Citation:

Townsend MacDermott to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-06-12 [76.06.12a]. 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/1870-9/1876/76-06-12a-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

honor et virtus
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MS letterhead also bears an image of a lion rampant holding a rod topped with a crown.
Temple Court
12th June 1876
Mr MacDermott presents his compliments to The Baron Von Mueller and would feel greatly obliged if he would forward to the Public Library Ballarat East the concluding Vols of his "Fragments phytogra[phe] Australia"
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i.e. Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.
the first four Vols. of which have been for some time in the Library.
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See M to Ballarat Public Library Committee, June 1876 (in this edition as 76-06-00b).
If not exacting too much Mr MacDermott would feel obliged by The Baron Von Mueller sending the Library a copy of His Atlas of plants.
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B65.02.06.
Mr MacDermott will be glad to take charge of the Books for the Library, that is if Baron Von Mueller can spare the Copies.
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On 14 June 1876, M submitted a requisition for the 'favorable consideration of the Chief Secretary' for one copy 'of fragm. phytogr. Austr. vol. V-IX Vict. plants, lithogr. for the public Library of Ballarat'. This was approved by the Under Secretary, W. Odgers, and marked as 'supplied' by the Government Printer on 19 June 1876.
On 21 June 1876, T. MacDermott wrote to W. Odgers asking that the books 'sent to the Chief Secretary's Office by Baron Von Mueller' be forwarded to the Ballarat Public Library (K76/7371, unit 916, VPRS 3991/P, Public Record Office, Victoria).