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From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London   [Apr 1885]

FORM OF RECOMMENDATION

FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.

Henry Deane Esq. C. E. &C, District Engineer, Railway Department of Sydney

a gentleman attached to the study of Natural History, especially Botany being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, we, whose names are underwritten, beg leave to recommend him to that Honour.

Ferd. von Mueller Ph & M.D. FLS

Wm Woolls Ph.D., F. L. S.

Robt D Fitzgerald, F. L. S.

This recommendation must be signed by Three or more Fellows.

N.B. – The Christian name of the Candidate must be stated at length, as well as his Residence, and any special qualifications he may possess.

This certificate was read at a General Meeting of the Society, on the 4th day of June 18851

The Ballot will take place on the 18th day of June 18852

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To have been read in early June, the form must have been sent to London by April 1885; the item has been numbered accordingly.

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Annotated bottom front: BDJ [B. D. Jackson]

back: Henry Deane | elected 18 June 1885.

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Form completed and signed by M; other supporters' autograph signatures.

Please cite as “FVM-85-04-00a,” 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/85-04-00a