Letter from Alfred Newton to David William Mitchell regarding a shipment of two deerhound and two turkey cocks from St Croix to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between Sir James Outram and David William Mitchell regarding an offer of tigers and a request for game birds, hunting cheetahs, the common leopard, hyenas, jackals and wolves
Letters from Gerald Chetwynd Talbot, Private Secretary to the Governor General of India, to David William Mitchell regarding occurrences in the upper provinces of India which prevent the sending of Himalayan birds to England and the agent sent to Calcutta by the Zoological Society of London, a wild goat sent for presentation to Prince Albert, and a collection of hill birds for Prince Albert
Correspondence between James Thompson, Head Keeper at London Zoo, and David William Mitchell regarding the expense to carry out the experiment of rearing mammals and birds in the Hill Country for transmission to Enland, and the transmission of a collection of Himalayan pheasants to the Zoological Society of London
4 letters from unknown authors to David William Mitchell regarding membership of the Zoological Society of London, a large blood hound for the Society and the transportation of animals
Articles of Agreement and correspondence between John Warwick with the Zoological Society of London and the Earl of Derby regarding a voyage to Egypt and Nubia to procure live animals and birds for the Zoological Society of Lonon