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Correspondence regarding stocks of animals and birds for sale to the Zoological Society of London

Letters from William Jamrach to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the price of animals for sale, including lions

Correspondence between H J Indge and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the sale of a hen Leadbeater's Cockatoo to H J Indge by the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between John Houston, David William Mitchell and the South Australian Banking Company regarding the sale of birds and a request by Prince Albert to bring a Platypus, Lyre Tailed Pheasant and Black Mackaw to the Zoological Society of London

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 Major H Hendy and George Soper Cansdale regarding the sale of animals from Swaziland to the Zoological Society of London

Letters from William Heame regarding the arrival of the Brig 'Adak' at London Docks with a Hawksbill Turtle, 2 Land Tortoises, 1 male ditto, 1 Pigeon, 6 Doves and a flamingo which is supposed to be dead and only a skin. Also speaks of the arrival of his display cabinet and asks the Zoological Society of London to select and withdraw all the insects they desire from drawers of his in their possession

Correspondence between Carr Hartley and George Soper Cansdale regarding the collecting and sale of animals from Kenya

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 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