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Physical location:

Box 244/1 Shillinglaw papers, La Trobe Australian manuscripts collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 79.10.18

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to John Shillinglaw, 1879-10-18. 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/1870-9/1879/79-10-18-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

18/10/79
I had a letter from the Commandeur Negri , by last mail,
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Letter not found.
dear Mr Shillinglaw, in which the sending of the autogram of Flinders is most gratefully acknowledged.
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See M to J. Shillinglaw, 3 July 1879.
The Italian Savant wishes me also to impress on you, that the first Emperor Napoléon could not have been made well and fully acquainted with all the circumstances, which were connected with poor Flinders retention in captivity, otherwise — so thinks Negri, — the Emperor would have caused his release.
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Matthew Flinders was detained by the French authorities at Mauritius for more than six years when, with his ship sinking beneath him, he called there in December 1803 seeking assistance.
With kind regards
Ferd. von Mueller.