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Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates, 1891-97. 90.12.00a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1890-12 [90.12.00a]. 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/1890-6/1890/90-12-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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M autograph text and signature; additional supporters' individual signatures.
Melbourne
December 1890
We the Undersigned beg to recommend the Rev. William Ross, M.A., Presbyterian Minister at Lancefield (Victoria) for the fellowship of the Linnean Society, to which honor he has fair claims through his active interest in natural history.
Ferd von Mueller, M.D., F.L.S.
R Thom M.A., F.L.S.
J. G. Luehmann F.L.S.
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Annotated front:Read 19 February 1891 The ballot will take place 19 March 1891.
Ross was elected (Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 1892-3, p. 8).
Melbourne, Dec 1890