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ML MSS.2278/3, p. 202, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 91.09.00

Preferred Citation:

Edward Ramsay to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1891-09. 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/1890-6/1891/91-09-00-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS is a file copy. There is a typescript copy of this letter at ML MSS.563/3, p. 653, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
The Baron Sir Ferd. Von Mueller, K.C.M.G., F.R.S.
&c&c&c
Sept 1891
My dear Baron,
Your letter
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M to E. Ramsay, 16 August 1891.
reached me in due time, and ere this you will have received the box containing the birds returned.
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See M to E. Ramsay, 4 September 1891.
Dr Bennett
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George Bennett, d. 1893. See M to E. Ramsay, 16 August 1891.
I am glad to say is well and payed us a visit a day or two ago to see the wonderful Marsupial Mole kindly sent us by Dr. Stirling of Adelaide.
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E. C. Stirling, who first described the animal; see E. Stirling (1889).
I think he has taken a new lease of life, for like Sir Alfred Stephens must now be over 84 years of age.
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Bennett was 87 years old at this time; the retired chief justice and legislator Sir Alfred Stephen was 89.
With many kind regards, believe me, my dear Baron,
yours truly,
Ed. P. Ramsay.
P.S. Of course you have heard all about poor Wilkinsons death.
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Charles Wilkinson, NSW Government Geologist, died on 26 August 1891.
He will prove a sad loss to all of us, both from a social as well as a scientific point.
Ed. P. R.