To Frank Crisp   5 May 1889

5/5/89

 

Allow me to ask, dear Mr Crisp1 whether my annual subscriptions to the Linnean Society are always paid by my Agents at the required time, as I should feel much hurt, if these payments fell ever into arrear. As the finance year of many Science-Societies is not coinciding with the chronologic year, it might easily occur, that the exact time for payment was missed without I—at so great a distance—being aware of it.2 It would have been best, to compound at once for all payments, but I found difficulties in doing this, as my comparatively slender resources are taxed severely and variously in my social and scientific position.3

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.

In 1889 Crisp was Treasurer of the Linnean Society (Gage & Stearn, 1988, p. 220).
without ... aware of it is a marginal note indicated by an asterisk.
The letter is annotated in pencil on the back of the folio: All paid 1889 paid 17 May Notice will be given if at any time in arrear.

Please cite as “FVM-89-05-05,” 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 28 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/89-05-05