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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'

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

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

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 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

Letter from George Atkins to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an animal that was found in Sierra Leone and exhibited at the Sierra Leone Exhibition

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

Letter from Sir Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his offer of five horned sheep to the Zoological Society of London

Letter from George Ernest Shelley to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the H H Johnston collection from the Cameroon swamps