The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 11/11/87. ¶ ¶ If ¶ you ¶ called round, dear Mr Macdonald, on Sir William and Mr Joseph Clarke, they perhaps or some other rich men, like Dr Mein ¶ or Sir James McBain might make up the £100 on an ...

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A38 Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Vic. Branch) papers, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 87.11.11

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Macdonald, 1887-11-11. 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/1880-9/1887/87-11-11-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

11/11/87.

If you called round, dear Mr Macdonald, on Sir William and Mr Joseph Clarke, they perhaps or some other rich men, like Dr Mein

George Augustus Mein?

or Sir James McBain might make up the £100 on an understanding that a geogr feature be named after them.

M was seeking funds for the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia's proposed exploring expedition in Central Australia; see M to S. Davenport, 9 November 1887.

You could kindly ask them in my name, they are all near you,

Regardfully

your

Ferd von Mueller