Correspondence with the Coryndon Museum regarding the sale of an Ostrich to the Zoological Society of London, and the offer of a Cricetomys and a Hinged Tortoise
Correspondence with Otto Focklemann regarding the sale of animals
Correspondence with Lady Zoe Hart-Dyke of Lullingstone Silk Farm Ltd, regarding the rearing of Emus, the sale of Peafowl, and Lyre-Birds
Letter from Horlock to the Superintendent of the Zoological Society of London Garden asking for instructions as to transport by sea and enquiries as to the price of animals to be disposed of
Correspondence between Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby, and David William Mitchell regarding a list of desirables from the sale catalogue of the aviary and menageries at Knowsley Hall
Letter from Croizet bird dealers to Philip Lutley Sclater
Memorandum of agreement between Hugh Cuming and the Zoological Society of London for his collection of shells. Also one letter to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the agreement
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
Letter from J Hargreave to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the offer for sale of a chimpanzee monkey from West Africa, including a list of tricks he could perform
Letters from Lionel Walter Rothschild thanking Reginald Innes Pocock for photographs he sent, four hen pheasants for the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, the purchase of a fox and a young Cassoway offered to the Society