Correspondence to and about David William Mitchell regarding royal personages of the Zoological Society of London, shipments of birds, an arrangement with Mr Henry Beale for the conveyance and delivery of Greyhounds and Deerhounds, the Refreshment Rooms, a testimonial for Louis Fraser, the shipment of a Trigress and a Lion, bills of the Zoological Society of London, the estate of David William Mitchell, notes of a committee appointed to examine the state of the accounts between David William Mitchell and the Society, particulars of money due from the executors, and amount of claim against his estate

Letters from Charles Augustus Murray to David William Mitchell regarding the shipment of animals to the the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London from Egypt, with receipts

Correspondence between James Thompson, Head Keeper at London Zoo, and David William Mitchell regarding the expense to carry out the experiment of rearing mammals and birds in the Hill Country for transmission to Enland, and the transmission of a collection of Himalayan pheasants to the Zoological Society of London

4 letters from unknown authors to David William Mitchell regarding membership of the Zoological Society of London, a large blood hound for the Society and the transportation of animals

Letters from Baring Brothers and Co. to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the arrival of the ship Renshaw at St Katharine's Docks with the animals shipped by Mr Du Chaillu

Correspondence between J R Davis and Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transport of the elephant and Burmese Bronzes

Letter from Frederick Dixon to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding a wild cat sent to the Zoological Society of London by Brigadier General Sir Herbert Kitchener

Letter from John M Down to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his shipment of live specimens of Bairds Tapir

Paul Belloni du Chaillu to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transport of animals he sent to the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Albert Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, of the Jardin Zoologique D'Acclimatation to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding matters including the transport of kangaroos and birds to be sent to the Zoological Society of London