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RBG Kew. Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1891-1896. f. 54 93.11.10

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1893-11-10. 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/1890-6/1893/93-11-10-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

10/11/93.
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Date stamped Royal Gardens Kew 18. Dec. 93; annotated by Thiselton-Dyer: And 28.12.93 (letter not found).
My position to the LeMans Academy,
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International Academy of Botanical Geography.
dear Dr Dyer, could be by you and Sir Joseph so little understood, that it will be best for me to send a duplicate of my last mails letter,
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See M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 3 November 1893, and footnotes thereto.
lest the original should happen not to reach you. When suddenly called on to take the Direction for 1893 I could not forsee the troubles which arose. My position has been so much one international, that I took the offer for that reason, and certainly not for any “grandezza”.
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grandeur.
I feel sure Sir Joseph and you will not take an unjust view of this affair, after the information now offered.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller