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Physical location:

1-10/1234 Armytage papers, University of Melbourne Archives. 95.06.11

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Ada Armytage, 1895-06-11. 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/1890-6/1895/95-06-11-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

11/6/95
You wrote me so joyfully
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Letter not found.
about the supposed discovery of the north pole dear Miss Armytage, that I owe it to your offering some explanation, why I believed in the story. Perhaps some day soon I can explain to you orally more fully how it was, that I was carried away by my geographic enthusiasm.
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M had been taken in by what proved to be a hoax; see Argus , 29 May 1895, p. 5.
Tomorrow evening (Wednesday) a discourse with lime light views will be given in the Prahran Town Hall
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Melbourne.
by an arctic voyager Mr Wilkinson, which some of you, not engaged for their [Ball], may like to hear and see [there] also the pictural displays.
Remember me kindly to your worthy mother and let me remain
Regardfully
your Ferd von Mueller.
It is not farther from the N. of Franz Josephs Land to the N. pole than from Port Phillip to Port Adelaide
To Miss Ada Armitage