Document information

Physical location:

ML MSS.562, Letters to E. P. Ramsay 1862-91, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 82.09.23b

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1882-09-23 [82.09.23b]. 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/1880-9/1882/82-09-23b-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

23/9/82
The few algs, concerning which I wrote you a few days ago,
1
See M to E. Ramsay, 22 September 1882?
dear Mr Ramsay, as sent by you some months ago for naming came from Bondi . I am deeply grieved at the Losses of your L. S.
2
The entire library of the Linnean Society of NSW was lost in the fire that in the early morning of 22 September 1882 destroyed Sydney's Garden Palace, built in the Domain to house the International Exhibition of 1879.
Regardfully
your
Ferd. von Mueller.