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Letter from Samuel Wilson to Ferdinand von Mueller1 12 November 1867
Longerenong | Wimmera
Nov 12th. 1867.
My Dear Dr. Mueller
I send you answers to a few of the questions sent by Mr Darwin.2 I could not answer the others with sufficient accuracy. I have endeavoured to get the missionaries in this neighbourhood to answer them but have not yet received their answers—3 As soon as I do so I shall forward them
And remain | Yours Truly | Saml Wilson
0.1 Longerenong | Wimmera] underl blue crayon
0.1 Longerenong … 1867. 0.2] after opening bracket, blue crayon
Top of letter: ‘Please return’ blue crayon
1
Samuel Wilson and Ferdinand von Mueller are both cited in Expression.
2
CD had sent a handwritten copy of his queries about expression with his letter to Mueller of 28 February [1867], asking Mueller to forward it to someone capable of answering the questions from direct observation of Aboriginal peoples. The enclosure has not been found.
3
The missionaries have not been identified. However, the missionaries Friedrich August Hagenauer and John Bulmer, both, like Wilson, working in Victoria, Australia, are cited in Expression, pp. 19–20.