To the Linnean Society of London 1    12 January 1894

 

We the undersigned Fellows of the Linnean Society, London, recommend W.2 C. Grasby (Editor of the “Garden & Field” magazine; co-Hon-Secretary, Royal Society, S. Austr.; and Director of the Boy’s Field Club, Adelaide) Headmaster of the Agricultural College, Roseworthy, as a fit and proper person to be a Fellow thereof

 

Ralph Tate (from personal knowledge) 19/11/93

J. G. O. Tepper (From personal knowledge 5.1.94)

Ferd von Mueller

12/1/94.3

Tate autograph manuscript and signature; other supporters’ individual signatures and dates.
Name completed as William in an unknown hand.

Annotated front bottom: Read 1 March 1894 Ballot. 5 April 1894; front right margin: Compounded 25/7/94 [i.e. paid life membership fee]; back: William C. Grasby 5th April 1894.

See M to O. Tepper, 11 January 1894.

Please cite as “FVM-94-01-12a,” 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 29 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/94-01-12a