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96.05.11

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Philip Doran, 1896-05-11. 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/1890-6/1896/96-05-11-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from Mount Alexander mail, 13 May 1896, p. 2. The item is dated to 11 May 1896 as the last probable date for the request included in it to be effected.
[Early yesterday morning Miss Bessie Hal ford, second daughter of the late William Halford, J.P., was united at "Avo n sl ei gh"
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Castlemaine, Vic.
in marriage to Mr Henry John King, of Collins-street , Melbourne. … Mr Arthur H. Has e ll, th e h o n. secretary of the Melbourne Lied e rtafel, of which society Mr King is the conductor, attended the ceremony in a representative capacity, while Baron Sir F. Von Mueller, who regretted his inability to leave th e city, telegraphed to t he Curator of the local gardens requesting that Mr Doran would forward a suitable floral tribute to the bride in his name. …]