The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Thursday ¶ ¶ I had the pleasure, dear Chev. ¶ Archer, to propose you through Mr Bentham (the President) & Mr Kippist (the Librarian) a FLS by the outgoing mail, and enclosed your note to Mr Kippist ...

Document information

Physical location:

2/137/6, Archer papers, University of Melbourne Archives, Melbourne. 74.03.26b

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Henry Archer, 1874-03-26 [74.03.26b]. 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//letters/1870-9/1874/74-03-26b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Thursday

M proposed Archer for the Linnean Society of London in his letter to Bentham of 21 March 1874, this date being a Saturday. Hence the present letter was almost certainly written on Thursday 26 March 1871.

I had the pleasure, dear Chev.

i.e. Chevalier. This presumably refers to the papal decoration of Gregory the Great bestowed on Archer in 1870.

Archer, to propose you through Mr Bentham (the President) & Mr Kippist (the Librarian) a FLS by the outgoing mail, and enclosed your note to Mr Kippist

Letter to Kippist not found.

concerning the Bank-arrangements

Regardfully your

Ferd von Mueller

Archer was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society on 5 November 1874 on the nomination of M, Bentham and Joseph Hooker.