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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry Fairfield Osborn, 24 October 1916
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/31
Scope and Contents
Osborn reports the safe arrival of the Equus caballus and Equus caballus celticus. He feels strongly that the Museum should have Ewart's original type specimen of Equus caballus celticus because it agrees more closely with his original characterisation of the species in the small size of the head. He asks whether it would be practical to have the skin removed and the skeleton sent to them, as the specimen Ewart...
Dates:
24 October 1916
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry Fairfield Osborn, 15 October 1919
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/25/1
Scope and Contents
Osborn writes that he is still working on developing the horse collection at the Museum and preparing his memoir on the Evolution of the Horse. He hears from Director Hornaday that the Scandinavian and Celtic ponies will have to be disposed of as they are eating too much. He once again requests the skeleton and skin of the original Celtic pony to be sent to him.
Dates:
15 October 1919
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry Fairfield Osborn, 13 February 1896
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/2/8
Scope and Contents
Osborn, writing from the American Museum of Natural History, expresses interest in Ewart's work on telegony and the embryology of the horse. He mentions that he is also sending Ewart papers about the ancestral history of the horse.
Dates:
13 February 1896
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- Animal embryology 1
- Exmoor pony 1
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