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Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates, 1891-7. 92.02.00a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1892-02 [92.02.00a]. 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/1890-6/1892/92-02-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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M autograph text and signature; additional supporters' individual signatures. To have been read in April 1892, the letter must have been mailed about February 1892; it has been numbered accordingly.
We the Undersigned, beg to propose
Henry Arthur
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M had written H. A. James; the names were completed by interlining, apparently by Woolls. 'Arthur' may be an error for 'Alfred': see Aitken & Looker (2002).
James Esqr., F.R.H.S. Adr. Department for Mines, Sydney
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Adr. … Sydney is a marginal note with intended position indicated by an asterisk.
for which honor he is well recommendable, through having devoted for many years attention to the study of cultural plants in N.S.W., as testified by his meritorious "Australian Handbook of Horticulture".
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The title is slightly incorrect, but it is certainly James (1892). The work was first issued in parts from April 1891, with the final part issued in March 1892 ( Sydney morning herald , 3 March 1892, p. 8). The bound edition was published in May or very early June 1892. See also notes to M to H. James, 21 April 1891.
Ferd. von Mueller, M.D., FLS.
William Woolls Ph.D., F.L.S.
W.H. Catlett F.L.S, F.Z.S.
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Annotated front of sheet: Read 21 April 1892. Ballot 2 June 1892; back: Henry Arthur James elected 2nd June 1892.
The file includes the (undated) obligation form signed by James, undertaking to pay the fees while he remained a member.