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Letter to Sir Jaber Abdullah Al-Sabah regarding details of his zoo to be published in the International Zoo Year Book and the exchange of animals

Letters from Robert Ball, Secretary of the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland, to John Barlow regarding the exchange of animals with the Zoological Society of London

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

Letters from Phineas Taylor Barnum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase and transfer of Alice the elephant. Also a letter regarding the purchase of specimens for Barnum's Zoological Museum

Letters from Henry Walter Bates to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his research and animals collected by Paul Du Chaillu

Correspondence with Rear-Admiral Christopher Bonham-Carter animals to be collected from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Iran, a request for otters and admission prices for students

Letters from Frederic Brine to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the living conditions of a gorilla, a sacred white elephant which was said to have been in Siam but which he refuted, and the height and weight of Jumbo and Jenny

Correspondence between Brown, Jenkinson & Co Limited and Sheffield Airey Neave regarding a shipment of animals to be returned to Hamburg Zoo by the Zoological Society of London

Letter from John Colam of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the serpent feeding in the reptile house being a healthy amusement for children and young persons

Correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Sheffield Airey Neave regarding the restocking of London Zoo and the activities of Edgar Taylor