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Letter from R Walford stating that his carpenter is preparing specifications and an estimate for a temporary Giraffe House. Requests that Edward Turner Bennett ask Mr Burton to attend a Council meeting

Letter from Thomas Bradley to John Barlow regarding the decision of the Royal Gallery of Practical Science to part with the specimen of the gymnotus electricus

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

David William Mitchell was a zoologist and illustrator. He was responsible for the construction of the fish house - the first public aquarium - in 1853. He was ZSL Secretary from 1847-1859.

Letter from Allan, Deffell & Co. to David William Mitchell requesting assistance for Mr James Thompson and a collection of birds and some quadrapeds

Correspondence between W Batty of Astley's Amphitheatre, to David William Mitchell regarding the price for two elephants

Correspondence between Edward Blyth and David William Mitchell regarding the shipment of animals to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Hamet Saffi Canaana, the Keeper of Obaysch, and David William Mitchell regarding his service at the Zoological Society of London, with receipts

Letter from Charles Hengler to David William Mitchell regarding elks, moose and deer in his possession