We have the honor to propose
John Bracebridge Wilson Esq. B. A, St Johns College (Cambr.) M. A. (Melbourne) of Geelong Principal of the Geelong Grammar School, for the Fellowship of the Linnean Society of London, he being well entitled to that honor by his researches on living and fossil Bryozoa
Ferd. von Mueller M. D., FLS
William Woolls, Ph. D. F. L. S
James C Cox M.D. F. L. S.
Prof C. C. Babington of Cambridge, if asked would support this candidature.2
M wrote the postscript in pencil.
Annotated, front, Proposed 2 March 1882 Ballot 6 April 1882 and back, J Bracebridge Wilson Esq elected 6 Apl 1882.
The proposal date means that the letter must have left Australia around December 1881 and it has been dated accordingly; it is not known when M wrote the letter, nor when his Sydney colleagues countersigned it.
Please cite as “FVM-81-12-00,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/81-12-00