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Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates 1883-6. 83.09.12

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1883-09-12. 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/1880-9/1883/83-09-12-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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M autograph manuscript and signature; other supporters' individual signatures.
12/9/83
We the undersigned beg to propose his Honor Mr Justice W. Dobson, M.A.,
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Name is underlined in crayon.
one of Judges of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, resident at Hobart, for the honor of the Fellowship of the Linnean Society, to which distinction he is entitled by his spirited advocacy of scientific pursuits in Tasmania.
Ferd. von Mueller, M.D., F.LS.
William Woolls Ph. D., F. L. S.
Robt D Fitzgerald, F. L. S.
Chas E Barnard MD F L [S].
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Document torn, text missing.
Annotated, front bottom: Proposed 15 Nov. 1883. Ballot 20 Dec 1883; front top: Compounded [i.e., Dobson paid a life membership fee]; back: Honble W L Dobson elected 20th Dec 1883.