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Letters from Thomas Bell regarding his apologies that he will be unable to meet Edward Turner Bennett at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, proposed changes to the Gardens of the Society, a recommendation for William Cranley to work in the museum and an invitation to dinner

Correspondence between Clarence Bartlett, Philip Lutley Sclater and Balmoral Castle regarding the skin and skeleton of a giraffe and the donation of the skin to the Natural History Museum. Also telegrams from Balmoral Castle sending the Queen's condolences on the death of the giraffe and her request that it should be buried

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 John Anderson to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the Indian Museum in Calcutta

Letters from Alexander Agassiz to Philip Lutley Sclater about the collections of British Museum and Jardin du Plantes, Paris