Correspondence between the Colonial Office and George Soper Cansdale regarding a shipment of tropical live fish from Antigua for the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between Carl Hagenbeck and George Soper Cansdale regarding a shipment of Redbreasted Geese to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between David Turnball-Simpson and George Soper Cansdale regarding negatives of Winnie the Bear, the shipping of a Great Dane and a dispatch of animals from Tehran
Paul Belloni du Chaillu to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transport of animals he sent to the Zoological Society of London
Correspondence between Edward Blyth and David William Mitchell regarding the shipment of animals to the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Charles Augustus Murray to David William Mitchell regarding the shipment of animals to the the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London from Egypt, with receipts
Correspondence to and about David William Mitchell regarding royal personages of the Zoological Society of London, shipments of birds, an arrangement with Mr Henry Beale for the conveyance and delivery of Greyhounds and Deerhounds, the Refreshment Rooms, a testimonial for Louis Fraser, the shipment of a Trigress and a Lion, bills of the Zoological Society of London, the estate of David William Mitchell, notes of a committee appointed to examine the state of the accounts between David William Mitchell and the Society, particulars of money due from the executors, and amount of claim against his estate
Letters from Sir Robert Ker Porter in Caracas thanking Bennett for the his letter and Proceedings of the Society's committees, the good health of a tapir, a bear belonging to a resident in Caracas, a bird called Curapoas (or Forvies), the shipment of a Capuchin Monkey, 'a very curious little animals of the weasel kind, and six land tortoises by the Brig 'Pedraza', a consignment he received save for the weasel which was washed overboard, and descriptions of the consignment in the 'Pedraza'
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 Grindlay and Co to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transport of animals and birds from Calcutta