Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 120 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Alex Cowan from Henry John Elwes, 11 June 1911
Letter to Henry John Elwes from Heatley Noble, 10 January 1913
Noble asks if Ewart has been ill, as he has not replied to his letters and he is still in possession of Noble's manuscript. He asks whether Elwes knows the record for the largest cedar tree.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 04 April 1911
Ewart thanks Elwes for his information on sheep, which he will need for a paper he is to write. He writes that William Eagle Clarke did not land on Soay but hopes to do so on his next visit to St Kilda.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 28 April 1911
Ewart writes that he will show Elwes Mr Cowan's Shetland sheep at Penicuik and compares features of the Soay and the dun-faced sheep.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 20 August 1911
Ewart writes that he is enclosing a report on the wool from Watson, Wallace's assistant, although he has not yet heard about the Iceland wool. He would like to have the Ronaldsay sheep, and understands that they live between a wall and the sea and feed mainly on seaweed.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 17 October 1912
Ewart writes that the embargo on transporting sheep and cattle between England and Scotland will be lifted in a few days. He thinks he may get the use of one of the islands in the Forth for sheep that are too wild for fences. He asks whether Elwes knows the Ryeland breed of sheep, as it has been suggested that he should put some to the 'Siberian' ram.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 26 May 1913
Ewart reports that the Board of Agriculture see no reason why someone should not be sent to purchase all the sheep that may be rented by him and others, but they are reluctant to move towards forming a Shetland sheep society.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 02 June 1913
Ewart writes that he is enclosing the proof and that he hopes to find Barclay at home on his next visit to Cambridge.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 05 June 1913
Ewart writes that Watson has started for Shetland with sufficient introductions. Ewart's paper will appear in the Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. He asks what Elwes wants done with the Shetland hoggs when shorn and with the wethers.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 3 July 1913
Ewart thanks Elwes for letting him know that the sheep arrived safely, and that he hopes the show will interest the King.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Sheep 45
- Animals--Transportation 40
- Rams 33
- Shetland sheep 26
- Wool 26
- Cross-Breeding 20
- Social Interaction 20
- Ewes 19
- Sheep breeds 18
- Agricultural exhibitions 17
- Animals--Colour 17
- Animal sale 16
- Publications 16
- Lambs 14
- article 14
- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 12
- Photographs 12
- Fat-tailed sheep 11
- Hybrids 11
- Soay sheep 11
- Farms 10
- Sheep, Breeding 10
- Experiments 9
- Hides and Skins 9
- Ovis nivicola 9
- Icelandic sheep 8
- Museums 8
- North Ronaldsay (sheep) 8
- Societies and Clubs 8
- Animal Markings 7
- Castlemilk Moorit (sheep) 6
- Cheviot sheep 6
- Embargo 6
- Proofreading 6
- Welsh mountain sheep 6
- Blackface sheep 5
- Horns 5
- Sheep-shearing 5
- Zoos 5
- Lectures and Lecturing 4
- Ryeland (sheep) 4
- Samples (Commerce) 4
- Textile fabrics 4
- Textile industry 4
- Agricultural Experiment Stations 3
- Animal Breeding 3
- Animal housing 3
- Circular letters 3
- Committees 3
- Domestic Animals 3
- Funding 3
- Hebridean Sheep 3
- Jacob sheep 3
- Karakul sheep 3
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 3
- Merino sheep 3
- Norfolk Horn (sheep) 3
- Physical Characteristics 3
- Reports and Dissertations 3
- Scottish Dunface (sheep) 3
- Skull 3
- Wensleydale (sheep) 3
- Animal breeders 2
- Animals--Health 2
- Authorship, Collaboration 2
- Bulls 2
- Goats 2
- Herdwick (sheep) 2
- Meetings 2
- Prehistoric animals 2
- Quarantine 2
- Research Institutes 2
- Southdown sheep 2
- Valuation 2
- Wallachian sheep 2
- Animal feeding 1
- Archaeological sites 1
- Cattle 1
- Cedar 1
- Climate 1
- Congresses and Conventions 1
- Crofters 1
- Exmoor Horn (sheep) 1
- Faroes (sheep) 1
- Foula sheep 1
- Foxhounds 1
- Hunting dogs--Breeding 1
- Illustrations 1
- Livestock--Breeding--Economic aspects 1
- Meat quality 1
- Newspapers 1
- Ouessant (sheep) 1
- Parasites 1
- Ponies 1
- Pregnancy in animals 1
- Report writing 1
- Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep 1
- Sheep shows 1
- Specimens 1
- Tail 1 + ∧ less