The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 30th June [188]4 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have laid before the Committee of Management your letter of the 2nd Instant, ¶ in which you kindly offer to supply this Museum with about fifty (50) samples of wood, in...

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MRS 4/3/31-2 outward letters, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. 84.06.30a

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Joseph Maiden to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1884-06-30 [84.06.30a]. 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/1880-9/1884/84-06-30a-final.odt>, accessed June 17, 2026

30th June [188]4

Sir,

I have laid before the Committee of Management your letter of the 2nd Instant,

See M to J. Maiden, 2 June 1884.

in which you kindly offer to supply this Museum with about fifty (50) samples of wood, in book form, at a cost of about six shillings each. I am instructed to say that the Committee accepts your offer.

The Technological Museum, Sydney register of donors (MRS 88, Register of donors, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney) lists on pp. 224 and 225 samples of timber cut and prepared to represent books received from M. The entries are not dated, and the two entries probably represent receipt on different dates. The second entry, which mentions only wood book samples, probably refers to the collection bought by the Museum.

Will you therefore kindly cause the woods to be packed and forwarded to me, and let me have an invoice of the total expense, at your convenience?

See M to J. Maiden, 7 July 1884 (in this edition as 84-07-07a).

The Committee desires me to convey to you their thanks for your liberality to them in this matter.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

J. H. Maiden.

The Baron Ferd. von Mueller K.C.M.G. F.R.S.

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Melbourne