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Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates 1883-86. 84.05.21a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1884-05-21 [84.05.21a]. 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/1880-9/1884/84-05-21a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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M autograph manuscript and signature; other supporters' individual signatures. The heading from a formal nomination form is glued to the top of the page.
FORM OF RECOMMENDATION
FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON
21/5/84
We the Undersigned beg to propose
The honorable F. S. Dobson,
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Name underlined in crayon.
L.L.D., Member of the Legislative Council of Victoria, President of the Field Naturalists Club of Melbourne, for the Fellowship of the Linnéan Society of London, to which honor he is well entitled by his zealous active promotion of botany and other natural sciences.
Ferd. von Mueller, M.D., FLS.
William Woolls Ph.D., F.L.S.
Robt D Fitzgerald, F.L.S.
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Annotated front: Read 6 Nov 1884 Ballot will take place on 4th Decr 1884
back: F Stanley Dobson elected 4 December 1884.
The file includes the obligation form dated 27 May 1885 and signed by Dobson, undertaking to pay the fees while he remained a member. Dobson withdrew from the Fellowship during the 1891-92 session (Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, session 1891-92, p. 56).
see also M to B. Daydon Jackson, 25 January 1885 (in this edition as 85-01-25b).