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Wellesley, Arthur
SEC/1/14 · Item · 1828
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding his subscription to the Zoological Society of London

Walsh, John Benn
SEC/1/13 · Item · 1830
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from John Benn Walsh to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding a complaint about a gate keeper at the gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Vigors, Nicholas Alyward
SEC/1/12 · Item · 1826
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from Nicholas Aylward Vigors to John G Blake regarding his admission as one of the original members of the Zoological Society of London and requesting payment of his subscription

Telfaire, Charles
SEC/1/11 · File · 1832-1833
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from Charles Telfaire to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding his research on the Dodo, a tortoise from the Seychelles, tortoises of the Amirante Islands and Mombasa, and a Chamaeleon from the north of Madagascar to be presented to the Zoological Society of London

Pryor, William
SEC/1/10 · Item · 1830
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from William Pryor to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding a request to add labels to a great portion of the animals at the Zoological Society of London

Nicholas Alyward Vigors
SEC/1 · Series · 1826-1833
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Nicholas Alyward Vigors was an Irish zoologist and politician and one of the founding members of the Zoological Society of London. He was the 1st secretary of the society, and was in post from 1826-1833.

Hay, S A Drummond
SEC/1/9 · File · 1832
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letters from S A Drummond Hay to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding specimens of zoology in the vicinity of Tangier

Greenaway, Edward
SEC/1/8 · Item · 1831
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from Edward Greenaway to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding the opening of the gardens of the Zoological Society of London on Good Friday when other exhibitions in London were closed

Gouldsmith, R
SEC/1/7 · Item · 1831
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from R Gouldsmith to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding the elephant at the gardens of the Zoological Society of London

Daniell, Edmund Robert
SEC/1/6 · Item · 1830
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from Edmund Robert Daniell to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding the Royal Institution of Great Britain's publication of a journal devoted to science and the arts