We the Undersigned beg to recommend
C. Hedley Esqr. of the Brisbane Museum for the Fellowship of the Linnean Society, to which honor he has fair claims through his conchological researches
Ferd. von Mueller, F.L.S.
Louis Bernays F.L.S. Brisbane
Fredk Manson Bailey FLS Brisbane
Brisbane
Queensland
Feby, 12th 18891
Annotated front of letter: Read 4th April 1889 Ballot will take place 2 May 1889.
Back: Charles Hedley elected 2 May 1889.
The file includes the obligation form signed by Hedley, undertaking to pay the fees while he remained a member. He has dated it ‘July 5th 1889 Queensland Museum’.
M autograph text and signature; additional supporters’ individual signatures.
Bernays and Bailey each added ‘Brisbane’ after their own names. Bailey added the address and date at the bottom of the letter. It is not known when M wrote and sent the recommendation to Brisbane.
Please cite as “FVM-89-02-12,” 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