From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London   27 Feb 1889

We the Undersigned beg to recommend

C.J. Wild1 Esqr. of Brisbane (Queensland) for the Fellowship of the Linnean Society, to which honor he may lay fair claims through his sedulous bryologic researches.

Ferd. von Mueller, FLS.

P. H. MacGillivray, F.L.S.

J Bracebridge Wilson F.L.S.

Melbourne 27 Febr 18892

C.J. Wild underlined in blue pencil.

Annotated bottom front of sheet: Read 18 April 1889 Ballot will take place 6 June 1889 (ink); top front of sheet: Applied again for fees 27/3/90 (pencil); Back: Chas Jas Wild elected 6 June 1889.

The file includes the obligation form (undated) signed by Wild, undertaking to pay the fees while he remained a Fellow.

Wild was ‘removed from the Society’s list by order of the Council’ on 4 June 1896 (Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, session 1895–96, p. 14).

M autograph text and signature; additional supporters' individual signatures.

Please cite as “FVM-89-02-27a,” 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/89-02-27a