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Physical location:

P87/1140, unit 101, VPRS 1163/P1 inward correspondence files, VA 672 Premier's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria. 87.04.23a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Ebenezer Thomas, 1887-04-23 [87.04.23a]. 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/1880-9/1887/87-04-23a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne,
23 April 1887
E. J. Thomas Esqr.
Secretary to the honorable the Premier.
Sir.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a superb volume on Diatomeae as one of the results of the Challenger-Expedition, and beg to express my best thanks to the Hon. the Premier for forwarding it.
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Castracane degli Antelminelli (1886). On 4 March 1887 Graham Berry, the Premier of Victoria, asked that the contents of a box of books and papers forwarded to his office be distributed to the relevant government departments. M was sent, on 16 March, 'One parcel addressed to Baron Müller One box said to contain Challenger Report Botany Vol 2'.
I have the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller.