Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 12 August 1912
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/49
Scope and Contents
Ewart writes from Lerwick, Shetland, that he would be happy to arrange to keep the 15 ewes and lambs at Fairslacks for a year at a fair price, although it will be best not to add to the permanent stock until the farm is taken over by the University in October or November that year. At an exhibition on Shetland he saw a ewe as small as the one in the British Museum from Papa Stour with goat-like horns and a very short tail, as well as a hornless, short-tailed ewe with white patches at Foula;...
Dates:
12 August 1912
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 31 August [1912]
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/58
Scope and Contents
Elwes will send his fat-tailed sheep to be served by Ewart's ram and could also send some 'so-called Siberian' sheep which he is buying. He asks Ewart to confirm when would be a suitable time for him to visit to see his Fairisle sheep, and to settle what crosses he will make to exhibit at Bristol. He mentions some brown and white sheep of an old Spanish breed belonging to Lady Campbell.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
31 August [1912]
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- Castlemilk Moorit (sheep) 1
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- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 1
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- Lambs 1
- Museums 1
- North Ronaldsay (sheep) 1
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