Letter from G O Wooler saying that he had come up from Wolsingham to see his son Joseph, who had been in Bombay and had brought back a Black Dog (domesticated in Bombay although of the species Parish - wild dog). He considers that it is what Captain Williams calls a Dhole, which usually go in packs
Letters from Sir George Clerk to David William Mitchell regarding the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the purchase of a museum collection of the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Richard Gibbons to David William Mitchell regarding his subscription to the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Hunter and English to David William Mitchell regarding a steam engine and pumping machinery at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between West Middlesex Waterworks and David William Mitchell regarding the consumption of water at the Gardens of 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
Letters from S A Drummond Hay to Nicholas Aylward Vigors regarding specimens of zoology in the vicinity of Tangier
Letters from Wilhelm Hagenbeck to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the Zoological Society of London's account, and a request to purchase some lions
Letters from Carl Johann Gustav Hartlaub to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his book on ornithology and other books and collections relating to ornithology