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, 04 July 1911
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/40
Scope and Contents
Elwes is sending Ewart the fleece of a Cheviot-Shetland cross from Shetland and that he will also receive a fleece of a first-prize shearling Welsh ewe. He is also enclosing photographs of sheep showing four generations and asks Ewart's advice on what would be the most interesting cross out of them. He asks when Ewart and Wallace are going to examine the wools.
Dates:
04 July 1911
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 17 September [1912]
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/63
Scope and Contents
Elwes writes concerning the restrictions on his sheep leaving England to be tupped, and urgently asks when Ewart can send his fat-tailed ram. He also enquires whether Ewart thinks a curly lamb could be produced by crossing a Wensleydale with a white Shetland sheep.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
17 September [1912]
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