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Letters from Phineas Taylor Barnum to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the purchase and transfer of Alice the elephant. Also a letter regarding the purchase of specimens for Barnum's Zoological Museum

Correspondence between Basel Zoo and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding an exchange of Wallabies and Hamsters

Correspondence between Lieutenant R M Batchellor and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a young alligator in his possession which he would like to present to the Zoological Society of London

Letters from Henry Walter Bates to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his research and animals collected by Paul Du Chaillu

Letter regarding the shipment of animals between the Zoological Society of London and Hamburg

Correspondence between T R Beckett and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a collection of animals from Nigeria to be given to the Zoological Society of London, including Ostriches, Cranes and Marabous

Correspondence between the Duke of Bedford and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding the importation of Kangaroos from Australia, Pere David Deer at Whipsnade, the transfer of Deer to New York Zoo, and New Zealand Brown Ducks in the Waders Aviary. Also a biography of the 11th Duke of Bedford

Correspondence between the Duke of Bedford and George Soper Cansdale regarding the import of animals from Taronga Park, Parrots to be imported to Barrington House in Haywards Heath, the importation of European Bison from Sweden for the Duke of Bedford, and the exchange of other animals

Letter from Bell Vue Gardens to George Soper Cansdale regarding a list of birds

Letter to G Iles of Belle Vue Zoo in Manchester regarding J Seago leaving for East Africa to collect live animals