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

Letter from J Leigh to William Turner Bennett to say that 'Capt Bowles wants you to inform him by what means you will have a seal' on board a ship in Liverpool forwarded to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London. Also enquires as to whether a mistake has been made as to Goss's wages

Letters from R J Lowe regarding casks of fish sent to the Zoological Society of London and what he regards as a new species which he names Alepisaurus

Letter from W H Martin to the Zoological Society of London regarding the transportation of livestock

Letter from the Zoological Society of London to Joao de Freitas Martins regarding his offer to supervise the shipping of consignments of Madeira fish to the Aquarium

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 Rajendra Mullick to David William Mitchell giving thanks for a shipment of birds shipped from the Zoological Society of London and reports on zoology, and birds and animals onboard the Prince of Wales for 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

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 Edward Pierson Ramsay, Curator of the Australian Museum, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transportation of a ceratodus to the Zoological Society of London