To the Royal Geographical Society   19 May 1890

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

 

Name

Captain T.H. Hatton Richards

Description

Private Secretary to the Commissioner, New Guinea

Residence

Port Moresby, New Guinea
 

Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.

 

Dated this 19th day of May 18901

 

(signed) Baron Von Müller2

F.R.G.S.

{ From personal knowledge

(signed) Dr. T. F. Bride

F.R.G.S.

(signed) Rev. Wm. Potter

F.R.G.S.
 

Proposed

16th June

1890

Elected

30th —

18903
 
1
See also T. Hatton Richards to M, 19 March 1890, and M to S. Evis, 14 June 1890.
2
Neither M’s nor other supporters’ autograph signatures; all names are in the hand that completed the certificate.
3
Annotated: S.O. (Struck Off).

Please cite as “FVM-90-05-19,” 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 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/90-05-19