To George Bentham   21 April 1867

Copy1

Stategarden Melbourne

Easter 18672

Sir

I have the honor to recommend Dr. Robert Waters Moore,Chief Medical Officer to the Government of South Australia, for a fellowship of the Linnean Society.

This Gentleman being highly interested in natural history pursuits, & thus very certain to prove a valuable collaborator of the Society

Very obediently

Your

Ferd Mueller3

Geo Bentham Esq

F R S, F.L.S.4

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The word ‘copy’ is in M’s hand, as is the letter.The ‘original’ is in the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 266).
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21 April.
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The signaturesof Jos D. Hooker and George Bentham have been added below M’s; the MS thus became the nomination certificate.
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Annotated bottom front: Proposed Novr 7th, 1867. | Ballot Jany 16th, 1868. Elected Rd.K.

Annotated top back: Dr. R. W. Moore | Elected Jany 7th, 1868.

Please cite as “FVM-67-04-21d,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/67-04-21d