The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION ¶ Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow. ¶ Dated th...

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Royal Geographical Society, London, Archives, Certificates of Candidates for Election. 82.02.13b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society, 1882-02-13 [82.02.13b]. 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/1880-9/1882/82-02-13b-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

Name	J. G. Macdonald
Description	Author of a Journal of an Expedition from Port Denison to the Gulf of Carpentaria & back 1 J. Macdonald (1865).
Residence	Resident Magistrate of Springsure, Queensland

Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.

Dated this 13th day of Febry 1882

(Signed) Ferd: von Mueller 2 Not M's autograph signature: name in the hand that completed the certificate (John Coles?).	F.R.G.S	{ From personal knowledge
John Coles.	F.R.G.S
	F.R.G.S.

Proposed	February 13	1882
Elected	February 27th	1882 3 MS annotation: Removed 1901.