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Letter from William Tyler Hamilton saying the elephant had arrived and appeared least worse for it. It was a valuable addition to the collection. They are likely to lost the last fine male as it was showing signs of enlargement of the epiglottis which proved fatal in the female

Correspondence between Hans Heck and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding the construction of a new Elephant House at the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Thomas Horsfield regarding his inability to meet Yarrell and Sabine, examination of his proofs, information of remarks of any kind on a species of elephant described in a passage he quotes from Bishop Heber's journal, Bennet's judgement on descriptions of several species, and an introduction to Mr Hugh Murrey who was was engaged in publication of an Account of China for the Edinburgh Cabinet Library in Zoology of China

Correspondence regarding an offer to supply Elephants and Rhinocersoses to the Zoological Society of London

Letter from I G Laverick to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding elephants in China

Correspondence between John Spedan Lewis, of the John Lewis Partnership, and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding the design and construction of a new Elephant and Rhinoceros House at the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between ZSL Library and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a report about Congo Elephants to be deposited in the Library, the return of a book to the Library called 'Wild Animals in Captivity, a collection of photographs taken by the husband of Cherry Kearton, and a donation of engravings from Lady Smith Woodward

Letter from Robert McLachlan of The Entomological Society, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an elephant trunk that was suffering from caries

Correspondence between J W Milne and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding the financing of the construction of a new Elephant House, and a donation from Lord Leverhulme

Correspondence between Albert Pam and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding plans for the new Elephant House and meetings of the Lay-Out Committee