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Physical location:

A36 Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Vic. Branch) papers, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 89.00.00a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand de Lesseps, 1889 [89.00.00a]. 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/1880-9/1889/89-00-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Telegram copy filed with other correspondence from 1889.
TO
Name Count Lesseps
Address Paris
MESSAGE .
The Royal (Geographical Society) (Australasia) (conveys deepest sympathy) (to you) (to whose) genius whole civilized world owes lasting gratitude
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This may refer to the fact that the Panama Canal Company, of which de Lesseps was president, declared itself bankrupt in December 1888 and went into liquidation in February 1889, halting all construction work on the canal.
Baron Von Mueller President