Letter from J Hargreave to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the offer for sale of a chimpanzee monkey from West Africa, including a list of tricks he could perform

Letters from Hartmann W Just to Philip Lutley Sclater, and a draft reply, regarding the transportation of a giraffe for the Queen

Letters from Sir John Graham Kerr to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding lists of birds, his degree course, his collection of birds, and papers

Letter from William Bernhard Tegetmeier to Philip Lutley Sclater to offer a badger to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between David Turnball-Simpson and George Soper Cansdale regarding negatives of Winnie the Bear, the shipping of a Great Dane and a dispatch of animals from Tehran

Letter from W Drewett to Edward Turner Bennett regarding a few parrots and two pairs of Egyptian Geese that he has been able to buy. If the Zoological Society of London could spare a crowned crane, the Council would like to have one

Letters from John Gould regarding a Zebra that was exhibiting signs of tetanus, the request of a salary of £50 for the new arrangement by the Museum Committee, an expedition to collect specimens for the Zoological Society of London and several gifts to the Society

Letters from Sir Robert Ker Porter in Caracas thanking Bennett for the his letter and Proceedings of the Society's committees, the good health of a tapir, a bear belonging to a resident in Caracas, a bird called Curapoas (or Forvies), the shipment of a Capuchin Monkey, 'a very curious little animals of the weasel kind, and six land tortoises by the Brig 'Pedraza', a consignment he received save for the weasel which was washed overboard, and descriptions of the consignment in the 'Pedraza'

Letter from Allan, Deffell & Co. to David William Mitchell requesting assistance for Mr James Thompson and a collection of birds and some quadrapeds

Correspondence between Edward Blyth and David William Mitchell regarding the shipment of animals to the Zoological Society of London