To the Royal Geographical Society1    17 October 1887

Nomination of a Candidate for Election

 

Name— Edward M Curr

Description Late Chief Inspector of Stock in the Colony of Victoria Author of The Australian Race its Origin Languages Customs &c &c2

Residence Melbourne

 

being desirous of admission into the Royal Geographical Society We the undersigned recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable fellow

 

Ferd von Mueller, M.D.,

FRGS

{ From personal knowledge

A. C. Macdonald

FRGS

W. Potter

FRGS
 

Melbourne 17 Oct 18873

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The MS is a hand-written facsimile of the Society’s then current form, by A. C. Macdonald: purple ink for the parts of the certificate normally printed, black for the parts normally entered by hand on the printed form, except A C Macdonald’s signature, which is in purple ink. M has signed, and added the address and date, in black ink.

Nomination forms had been requested from London, see C. Pasco to M, 15 September 1887 (in this edition as 87-09-15a)..

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Curr (1886-7).
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Annotated: Proposed 28th Nov '87 | Elected 12th Dec '87 | Never qualified (i.e. never paid the subscription).

Please cite as “FVM-87-10-17,” 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 9 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/87-10-17