The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: January 1879 ¶ We the undersigned beg to recommend ¶ P. O’Shanesy Esqr ¶ of Cometville, Queensland for the honor of being elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, he well deserving this dist...

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Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates, 1877-82 79.01.00d

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1879-01 [79.01.00d]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/79-01-00d>, accessed June 14, 2025

January 1879

We the undersigned beg to recommend

P. O’Shanesy Esqr

of Cometville, Queensland for the honor of being elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, he well deserving this distinction for his extensive observations on the plants of Southern Queensland.

Ferd von Mueller, MD. FLS.

MS written and signed by M; other supporters' autograph signatures.

Annotated on front: Proposed 3rd April 1879. | Ballot 1st May 1879 | Elected Rd.K.

On back: P. O’Shanesy Esqr | Elected May 1 1879

It is not known when the manuscript was signed by Woolls and Fitzgerald, but to have been read at the meeting of the Society on 3 April it must have been soon after it was prepared by M. See M to R. Kippist, 23 November 1879 (in this edition as 79-11-23a), and note 3 thereto.

William Woolls Ph.D., F.L.S.

Robt D Fitzgerald, F.L.S.