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Letters from John Edward Gray regarding John Gould's collection of birds and his subscription to the Zoological Society of London

Letters from John Gould regarding his proposition to exhibit his hummingbirds

Letters from Richard Gibbons to David William Mitchell regarding his subscription to the Zoological Society of London

Letter to Ganpat Rao Gaekwad, Guicowar of Baroda, from the Zoological Society of London to acknowledge the safe arrival of a pair of tigers

Letter from William Dumbreck to David William Mitchell offering to dispose of a tiger from the Edinburgh collection

Letters from J M Davies regarding the shipment of animals to the Zoological Society of London

David William Mitchell was a zoologist and illustrator. He was responsible for the construction of the fish house - the first public aquarium - in 1853. He was ZSL Secretary from 1847-1859.

Letters from Sir George Clerk to David William Mitchell regarding the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the purchase of a museum collection of the Zoological Society of London

Letter from Sir Victor Casolain to David William Mitchell regarding a lion and lioness forwarded to the care of Mr Boucher at Malta, and to be sent to the Zoological Society of London

Copy of a letter from Earl Charles John Canning to Colonel Phipps regarding birds in Calcutta and an expedition by an agent of the Zoological Society of London