We the Undersigned beg to recommend
the Rev. H. B Barber2 of Beaufort,3 Ballarat, Victoria,
for the Fellowship of the Linnean Society, for which honor he has fair claims through his local contributions to phytologic researches
From personal knowledge,4 Rev R. Thom, M.A. F.L.S.
Baron Von Mueller, F.LS.
F. M. Krausé, F.L.S.
March 18965
M autograph main text and signature; other supporters’ individual signatures.
Given names completed as Henry Bride in another hand, apparently the same as the hand that annotated the bottom of the letter.
Beaufort inserted in the same hand that completed the given names.
From personal knowledge not in M’s hand, apparently in Thom’s.
Annotated front bottom: Read 7 May 1896 March 1897 Ballot; front left margin: 9/6/96 Election to be deferred by Mr Barber's request; back: Henry Bride Barber Elected 4th March 1897.
Please cite as “FVM-96-03-00,” 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