Letters from James Murie to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the death of a giraffe from mouth disease, his monograph on Otaria, and his memoirs on the walrus, kagu, hyaena, pilot whale, otaria and manatee
Letters from Alexander Miller of the Zoological Gardens regarding a Chinese Pheasant which escaped and had been running in Park Street, Camden Town, an escape from the Dove House, the removal of an oak fence on the southern boundary, the health of a Rhinoceros, the Society's Cashmere Goat, his visit to City Road Basin, the purchase of a Chimpanzee, a visit by the Queen to the Gardens, a stillborn Rhesus Monkey, dimensions of the back of a new den for the Elephant and Rhinoceros, the cost of laying the floor of the Elephant and Rhinoceros House, the death of a Chimpanzee and the return of John Woodbridge with Cranes and Leopards
Letters from Winifred Johnston to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding her paroquet that she wished to deposit at the gardens of the Zoological Society of London and the death of Dinduna, her baboon
Letters from William Heame regarding the arrival of the Brig 'Adak' at London Docks with a Hawksbill Turtle, 2 Land Tortoises, 1 male ditto, 1 Pigeon, 6 Doves and a flamingo which is supposed to be dead and only a skin. Also speaks of the arrival of his display cabinet and asks the Zoological Society of London to select and withdraw all the insects they desire from drawers of his in their possession
Letters from John Edward Grey of the British Museum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the key to the gardens of the Zoological Society of London, a paper on tortoises, specimens of a monkey and lemur to be exhibited at a meeting, the death of a gorilla, meetings of the Council, and reports of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Frank Evers Beddard to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the cause of death of a giraffe in the Zoo, his appointment as Vice-Secretary, meetings of the flower memorial committee, the death of a calf of Sanger's elephant, the death of the Nasalis larvatus, the purchase of a Langur, a collection of plants, and his position as Prosector
Letter from Catherine Barnes regarding a stuffed specimen of 'Ground Dove'. Says she was attempting to bring Edward Turner Bennett two live humming birds, fed on sugar solution, but both died in a storm