Document information

Physical location:

ML MSS.562, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 87.10.00

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1887-10. 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/1880-9/1887/87-10-00-final.odt>, accessed June 18, 2026

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Filed with this letter is one from T. F. Bride to Ramsay, 15 October 1887, forwarding on behalf of the Government of Victoria a copy of B87.13.04, Decades 1-4. Ramsay annotated the letter: 'Sent to me for my private library by Baron Mueller's request Ed. P. R. | P.S. Baron Mueller usually sends me his publications on plants in return for assistance & my own publications & has done so for many years— Ed. P. R. '
Private
Oct 1887
The distribution of Gov. Publications here takes place only through the public Library, on approval of the hon the Premier. If therefore any of my works should be desired by you for the Museum-Library there, it would be best to write a letter to Dr Bride, the Librarian of the public Library of Melbourne, who doubtless would at once attend to your wishes. I am largely purchasing my own works on my private expense, but my means are too slender to distribute them so extensively as I would like.
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The text ends without valediction at the bottom of the page, suggesting that there may be at least one sheet missing.