Notes written by William Ogilby on the back of letters
Letters from William Ogilby to E J Bennett regarding his examination of skins and other matters at the Zoological Society of London
Letter from Sir Richard Owen to William Ogilby regarding his attendance at a committee meeting of the Zoological Society of London and a big bird bone which he believed to be about the age of a Dodo
Memorandum of agreement between the Zoological Society of London and Charles Wolf for selling confectionary and other refreshments at the Gardens
William Ogilby was a zoologist. He is perhaps best known for this work around the classification order of cheiropoda, linking mammals who had hands. He was ZSL Secretary from 1839-1847.
Letter from Edmund Wallace Elmslie, architect and surveyor of London Zoo, to William Ogilby regarding work in the Zoo by Mssrs Piper. Also an indenture between Edmund Wallace Elmslie and the Zoological Society of London regarding Elmslie's claims against the Society in relation to a contract between the Society and Mssrs Thomas Piper and Son
Letter from Louis Prater to William Ogilby regarding lions, an elephant, and a giraffe available for sale to the Zoological Society of London
Letter from John Wylie to William Ogilby regarding descriptions of the anatomy of animals
A list and two letters from Edward Smith Stanley to Edward Ogilby