Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Person
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 02 June 1913
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/22
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Ewart writes that he is enclosing the proof and that he hopes to find Barclay at home on his next visit to Cambridge.
Dates:
02 June 1913
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Heatley Noble, 30 March 1912
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/15
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Noble writes that he is expecting a visit from Elwes and that Ewart is welcome to stay too. He sees in The Field that Lydekker still believes that a certain breed of sheep are from South Africa although he has not been able to provide any proof, and that they were certainly in Britain 100 years before either of the flocks he mentions.
Dates:
30 March 1912
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 17 September [1913]
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/44
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Elwes makes arrangements for visiting Ewart after his trip to Yorkshire. He thinks that he will soon discard the Hebridean and spotted breeds and confine himself to brown Shetlands which he will cross with Manx, Black Welsh and White Cheviots crossed with Norfolk. He also plans to try some Exmoors this year, which thrive well on Salisbury Plain. He asks whether Ewart or Cowan have any Shetland sheep arriving that year.
The year is not written on the letter.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
17 September [1913]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c. May 1914]
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/9
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Elwes asks Ewart to let him know when he can visit his sheep. He has shorn the rams but the brown Siberian will have to be killed as he has a cancerous growth on his jaw. He describes what sheep cross-breeding he intends to do and states that he must move the Wallachian sheep from Hungary.
The letter is undated.
The letter is undated.
Dates:
[c. May 1914]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 13 March 1915
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/3
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Elwes asks Ewart to come and see him if he is going to visit Sir Claud Alexander. He asks Ewart to tell him if they can get a ram from the Faroes, and whether he can be admitted to Edinburgh during or after the war.
Dates:
13 March 1915
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 26 January 1922
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/28/2
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Elwes writes that he has enclosed a letter concerning Merino rams in Australia. He recommends the book 'Tutira, A History of New Zealand Sheep Farm' by Guthrie-Smith and confirms visiting arrangements for Ewart and his wife.
Dates:
26 January 1922
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 08 April 1911
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/19
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Elwes suggests that he and Ewart write a joint paper on sheep. He proposes to visit and photograph each different variety of sheep if they are not mongrels. He has heard of a flock of Faroe sheep near Peterborough as well as sheep in Brittany and Iceland.
Dates:
08 April 1911
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 22 April 1911
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/23
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Elwes provides some details of the 'dun-faced sheep' and suggests that Ewart impress on Claud Alexander the importance of photographing the results of his cross-breeding experiments, rather than breeding indiscriminately. He mentions the research of Professor Keller on the Bündner sheep of Switzerland and R.F Scharff in Ireland. He hopes to visit Ewart before going to Shetland.
Dates:
22 April 1911
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 25 May [1911]
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/31
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Elwes confirms the time of his visit to Ewart on his way to Shetland. He also wants to meet Wallace.
The year is not written on the letter.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
25 May [1911]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c.11 June 1911]
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/33
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Elwes writes from Shetland that he has had a pleasant and successful trip seeing 'some of the best sheep in Shetland', although he fears that there are no pure Shetland sheep left. He provides details of the sheep he has purchased. He wishes to see Ewart on his journey south to arrange the forwarding of the ewe hoggs Elwes has bought from him. He urges Ewart to examine the wool which he addressed to Wallace at the University. The letter is undated but marked 'Sunday', which,...
Dates:
[c.11 June 1911]