Letters from Baring Brothers and Co. to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the arrival of the ship Renshaw at St Katharine's Docks with the animals shipped by Mr Du Chaillu
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 Henry Walter Bates to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his research and animals collected by Paul Du Chaillu
Letters from Frederic Brine to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the living conditions of a gorilla, a sacred white elephant which was said to have been in Siam but which he refuted, and the height and weight of Jumbo and Jenny
Letter from John Colam of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the serpent feeding in the reptile house being a healthy amusement for children and young persons
Letters from Sir Edward Gray to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an exchange of animals with the Zoological Society of London, transporting eland from South Africa, and the offer of a hybrid between a British Pintail and a Wigeon
Letters from Charles Jamrach to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding payments for animals including a bison and lions
Letters from William Jamrach to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the price of animals for sale, including lions
Letters from Sir Henry Keppel to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the localities of the animals he sent to the gardens of the Zoological Society of London, and giving thanks for a card of admission to the gardens
Letters from Henry Lawson to Philip Lutley Sclater requesting a list of the animals at the gardens of the Zoological Society of London