To the Linnean Society of London 1    25 August 1891

 

We the undersigned beg to recommend

Walter Scott Campbell Esq. (of Oaklands, Edgecliffe Road, Woollahra near Sydney), for the Fellowship of the Linnean Society.

Mr. W. S. Campbell has been connected with the Civil Service of New South Wales for many years, & his literary productions have tended to promote the agricultural & horticultural interests of the colony.

Ferd. von Mueller, M.D., FLS.

William Woolls F.L.S.

Robt D Fitzgerald, F.L.S.

 

25/8/912

1
Text in an unknown hand, possibly by Campbell: it has some similarity to the handwriting on the ‘Obligations’ form signed and dated by Campbell that is filed with this letter; individual signatures of supporters. M dated the form.
2

Annotated front: Read 5 Novbr 1891 Ballot 3 Dec 1891; back: Walter Scott Campbell elected 3rd December 1891.

Campbell 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).

Please cite as “FVM-91-08-25a,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/91-08-25a