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Letters from William Yarrell regarding a heraldic question raised by Edward Turner Bennett, an unspecified dispute which had been considered at a meeting of the Council at Grosvenor Square, and a manuscript of Walcott's 'British Birds' asking Bennett to allow the dates 1784 and 1785 to stand since Walcott left Teignmouth for Chelsea in 1786 and was resident in Chelsea in 1787

Letter from S V Woolmer to William Yarrell regarding the Deed of Declaration of Trusts in respect to the Cunningham Museum

Collection of biographical notes on Yarrell; bibliography of his published works; copies, transcriptions and abstracts of letters to and from Yarrell; copies of wood block engravings

William Yarrell was a zoologist. He was one of the original members of the Zoological Society of London and was a founder of the Royal Entomological Society. He was ZSL Secretary from 1836-1838.

Letter from Julien Francois Desjardins to Edward Charlesworth, Assistant Secretary of the Zoological Society of London, regarding the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London and papers for publication