Letters and papers relating to the position of Secretary at ZSL. In the past this position was responsible for the overall running of the Zoo(s), but in later years it has become an honorary position. The letters in particular show a breadth of correspondence between the society and people and organisations around the world.
Sans titreLetters from Robert Ball, Secretary of the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland, to John Barlow regarding the exchange of animals with the Zoological Society of London
Letter from Augustus Elliott Fuller to John Barlow regarding an eagle in his possession which was shot and killed on Anglesey, and may want to be stuffed by the Zoological Society of London
Letter from John R Jackson to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding conchineal
Letter from Albert Edward Jamrach to Philip Lutley Sclater to confirm his initials
Letters from Charles Jamrach to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding payments for animals including a bison and lions
Letter from William Jennings to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his subscription to the Zoological Society of London
Letters from Murray M Johnson to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the Zoological Society of London being liable for a surveyor's fee, the Society's position as tenants, sewers and drains in the gardens, a bill in chancery regarding pheasants which were claimed by the Acclimatisation Society, the lease for the piece of ground on the north side of the canal, the purchase of premises situated in Hanover Square and Oxford Street, and Regent's Canal railway
Letters from Winifred Johnston to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding her paroquet that she wished to deposit at the gardens of the Zoological Society of London and the death of Dinduna, her baboon
Letter from Harry J Judd to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding his subscription to the Zoological Society of London