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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, 09 November [1913]

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/54
Scope and Contents

Elwes asks for Ewart's opinion on the Iceland skins and for him to return them. He has just received some new cloth and enquires whether Mrs Ewart or any of their friends would like some before he hands it over to the tailor to sell. Wallace has written that he has a fine ram from Russia which he is sending to a farm for the Scottish Board of Agriculture.

The year is not written on the letter.

Dates: 09 November [1913]

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c.1913]

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/62
Scope and Contents

Elwes writes that he has looked over the ram and proposes to send it to Edinburgh Zoo or to Ewart if he wishes to have it, as well as the horned white ram that he bought as an Icelander. He wonders if the Edinburgh Museum would like to have his best old Hebridean. He describes the sheep crosses he is planning to conduct.

Letter is undated but marked 'Sunday'.

Dates: [c.1913]

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  • Subject: Sheep X
  • Subject: Sheep X
  • Subject: Animals--Transportation X
  • Subject: Icelandic sheep X

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Animals--Colour 1
Cross-Breeding 1
Farms 1
Hebridean Sheep 1
Hides and Skins 1