Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 28 April 1911
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/28
Scope and Contents
Ewart writes that he will show Elwes Mr Cowan's Shetland sheep at Penicuik and compares features of the Soay and the dun-faced sheep.
Dates:
28 April 1911
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 12 August 1912
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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 Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 26 May 1913
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/19
Scope and Contents
Ewart reports that the Board of Agriculture see no reason why someone should not be sent to purchase all the sheep that may be rented by him and others, but they are reluctant to move towards forming a Shetland sheep society.
Dates:
26 May 1913
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 29 September 1913
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/49
Scope and Contents
Ewart writes that he has written about the 'Murrayshire' sheep which he heard about at the Board of Agriculture. Ten Shetland fleeces and some Soay-Southdown wool have been sent to Sanderson. He asks Elwes to return the Soay-Southdown and the Siberian fleeces sent to the Bristol show as they belong to the University.
Dates:
29 September 1913
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