The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 1/8/90 ¶ ¶ This whole year, dear Mr Crawford, I have been so overwhelmed with work, as many extra-engagements arose in connection with the Melbourne-Meeting of the Australian Association, ¶ that my ...

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Archives, University of New England, Armidale, NSW. 90.08.01b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Crawford, 1890-08-01 [90.08.01b]. 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/1890-6/1890/90-08-01b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1/8/90

This whole year, dear Mr Crawford, I have been so overwhelmed with work, as many extra-engagements arose in connection with the Melbourne-Meeting of the Australian Association,

M was President of the Second Congress of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Melbourne in January 1890.

that my correspondence got much into arrear.

The -seeds, so kindly sent by you, did arrive, and I trust you will excuse, that I omitted to acknowledge them. At times I have been quite ill from mental over exertions, and hardly had the strength, to write all the requisite letters. I am not sure now, whether a letter of yours accompanied these seeds.

Regardfully

your

Ferd von Mueller

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