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Secretary's reports on the Zoological Society of London

Letter to David William Mitchell from James Pennethorne regarding requirements for canal bank maintenance

Correspondence between David William Mitchell and J A O'neill regarding queries about Sunday admissions to the Zoological Society of London

Philip Lutley Sclater was an English zoologist and lawyer. He is best known for his work on ornithology. He was the longest serving ZSL Secretary, for 42 years between 1859-1902. In this time he corresponded with countless people around the world, and these letters are the ones that are extant.

Letter from Henry Francis Ainslie to Philip Lutley Sclater about plans for the erection by the Zoological Society of a new 'cats house or house for lions, tigers, and other large Felidae.'

Letters from James Anderson regarding a proposed Zoological Garden in Edinburgh, with a reply from Philip Lutley Sclater

A letter from a Fellow of the Zoological Society to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding a lecture given by Professor Huxley

Letter from Edwin Lester Arnold to Philip Lutley Sclater requesting an order for two persons for the Zoological Gardens

Letter from Thomas Ashton to Philip Lutley Sclater asking to withdraw his name as a candidate at the next election of Fellows at the Zoological Society of London

Letter from George Atkins to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding an animal that was found in Sierra Leone and exhibited at the Sierra Leone Exhibition