Document information

Physical location:

William Mitten Papers, Archives of the New York Botanical Garden, New York. 82.10.10b

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Mitten, 1882-10-10 [82.10.10b]. 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/1880-9/1882/82-10-10b-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

10/10/82
Enclosed, dear Mr Mitten, some musci & , named by Mr Oldfield and the Rev Dr Woolls, but — as you will see — many not correctly. It is best to send them to you, and to ask you, to return a bid
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of each. I have been wondering not to have heard from you for so long a time; let me hope, you were not ill.
Regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller
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There is a note in an unknown hand on the back of the folio, possibly added when Mitten's collection was sold to the New York Botanic Garden:
Autograph
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Hb. Mitten