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Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 08 April 1911

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/19
Scope and Contents

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, 11 April [1911]

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/20
Scope and Contents

Elwes writes that he is glad that Ewart does not object to joint work, and suggests starting the study with 'the Highland Society' before doing something more ambitious in a few years' time. He asks Ewart to seek out the papers of a society formed more than a 100 years earlier in Edinburgh for the improvement of sheep and wool.

The year is not written on the letter.

Dates: 11 April [1911]

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  • Subject: Sheep X
  • Subject: Photographs X
  • Subject: Article X

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Faroes (sheep) 1
Icelandic sheep 1
Ouessant (sheep) 1
Sheep breeds 1
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