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Letters from Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an expedition to the Sandwich Islands, papers on birds of the Sandwich Islands, drawings of a Rail, ornithological exhibitions, the sale of a rhinoceros, his drawing of a rhinoceros to be published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, his Cassowaries at Tring, a transfer of Tragelaphus, Galapagos Tortoises, Eclectus Parrots, Lemurs and Zebras

Letters from Abraham Dee Bartlett to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the doors to the new elephant house, animal food consumption, the female rhinoceros, the mounted specimen of a young gorilla, authorisation to sell Alice the elephant to Mr Barnum, and the theft of an owl

Correspondence with the London Zoological Supply Company regarding price lists of South American animals

Correspondence with S T Hussain and Sons, Livestock Dealers in Calcutta, regarding the sale of animals to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence with the Variety of Birds Emporium regarding the purchase of Dwarf Flamingoes, Spot-billed ducks, Tragopan Pheasants and Demoissile Cranes

Correspondence between Keith Caldwell and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the sale and transport of animals to and from the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Geoffrey Marr Vevers and animal dealers such as the Snake King, the Earl of Yarborough, G C Sauvage and John Alabi & Company regarding animals for the Zoological Society of London

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

Letter regarding an order of 4 Pythons, 6 Bengal Monitors and 50 Rhesus Monkeys by the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between Jean Delacour and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the acquisition and transport of Pere David's Deer from the Duke of Bedford for New York Zoological Society, and also the the transport of snakes