Letter from Alfred Newton to David William Mitchell regarding a shipment of two deerhound and two turkey cocks from St Croix to the Zoological Society of London
4 letters from unknown authors to David William Mitchell regarding membership of the Zoological Society of London, a large blood hound for the Society and the transportation of animals
Letters from Arthur Herbert to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the collections of Graham Kerr left on board the Bolivia
Letters from J L Cox regarding the keeping of birds in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London and a donation of animals from a friend for the Society
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 regarding W J C Frost being commissioned by the Council of the Zoological Society of London to collect Birds of Paradise and Crowned Pigeons for London Zoo
Letters from Sir Francis Lindley to the Zoological Society of London regarding voting in a meeting of the Council. Also an offer to collect crayfish and trout
Correspondence between J R Davis and Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the transport of the elephant and Burmese Bronzes
Letter from H Dormenberg to Philip Lutley Sclater, and draft reply, regarding the price of eider-ducks
Letter from Wynfrid Laurence Henry Duckworth to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his possible purchase of a gorilla which had arrived in London