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Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates 1883-86. 84.08.08

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1884-08-08. 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/1880-9/1884/84-08-08-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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M autograph manuscript and signature; other supporters' individual signatures.
FORM OF RECOMMENDATION
FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON
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The printed text, glued to the top left of the letter, and a copy of the Coat of Arms of the Society glued to the letter at the left of the signatures, have been cut from a formal recommendation form.
Aug 8. 1884
We the undersigned beg to recommend:
Cuthbert Robert Blackett
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Name underlined in crayon.
Esq., J.P., President of the Victorian Board of Pharmacy and Examiner in Materia medica and Botany at the pharmaceutic School, Melbourne, for the honor of the fellowship of the Linnean Society, for which he is eminently fitted.
Ferd. von Mueller, Ph.&M.D., FLS.
William Woolls Ph.D., F.LS.
Robt D Fitzgerald, F.L.S.
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Annotated bottom front: Certificate read at General Meeting 19th March 1885 Ballot will take place on 16th April 1885. BDJ [B. D. Jackson]; front top: Not Joined struck out C Min 1/11/88; back: Cuthbert Robert Blackett elected April 1885 not joined [i.e. Blackett did not pay his fees].