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Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates, 1891-7. 96.03.00

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1896-03. 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/1890-6/1896/96-03-00-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

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M autograph main text and signature; other supporters’ individual signatures.
We the Undersigned beg to recommend
the Rev. H. B Barber
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Given names completed as Henry Bride in another hand, apparently the same as the hand that annotated the bottom of the letter.
of Beaufort,
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Beaufort inserted in the same hand that completed the given names.
Ballarat, Victoria,
for the Fellowship of the Linnean Society, for which honor he has fair claims through his local contributions to phytologic researches
From personal knowledge,
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From personal knowledge not in M’s hand, apparently in Thom’s.
Rev R. Thom, M.A. F.L.S.
Baron Von Mueller, F.LS.
F. M. Krausé, F.L.S.
March 1896
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Annotated front bottom: Read 7 May 1896 March 1897 Ballot; front left margin: 9/6/96 Election to be deferred by Mr Barber's request; back: Henry Bride Barber Elected 4th March 1897.