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Physical location:

Box 244/1, Shillinglaw papers, La Trobe Australian manuscripts Ccllection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 79.11.28

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to John Shillinglaw, 1879-11-28. 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/1870-9/1879/79-11-28-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

28/11/79
It will be best, dear Mr Shillinglaw, that you should see yourself the clever letter of the Signora Negri,
1
Maria Negri. Letter not found.
in reference to Flinders's detention,
2
Shillinglaw was writing a biography of Matthew Flinders who, while returning to England after circumnavigating Australia, was detained by the local French authorities at Mauritius for several years after putting in there in December 1803 for urgent repairs to his ship. The biography was never published.
and also your election into the Ital Society.
3
Società Geografica Italiana? See also M to J. Shillinglaw, 3 July 1879.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller