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From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society   13 Feb 1882

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

Name J. G. Macdonald
Description Author of a Journal of an Expedition from Port Denison to the Gulf of Carpentaria & back1
Residence Resident Magistrate of Springsure, Queensland

Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.

Dated this 13th day of Febry 1882

(Signed) Ferd: von Mueller2 F.R.G.S { From personal knowledge
John Coles. F.R.G.S
F.R.G.S.
Proposed

February 13

1882
Elected

February 27th

18823
1

J. Macdonald (1865).

2

Not M's autograph signature: name in the hand that completed the certificate (John Coles?).

3

MS annotation: Removed 1901.

Please cite as “FVM-82-02-13b,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/82-02-13b