Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Person
Found in 120 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 13 March 1913
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/14
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Ewart writes concerning a paper which has gone missing in the post. Some of Elwes' lambs have been infected with parasites and are paralysed. He asks whether Elwes would like to give a couple of lectures indicating what vets should know about sheep as part of a course Ewart is organising.
Dates:
13 March 1913
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 26 May 1913
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/19
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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, 02 June 1913
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/22
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Ewart writes that he is enclosing the proof and that he hopes to find Barclay at home on his next visit to Cambridge.
Dates:
02 June 1913
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 03 July 1913
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/32
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Ewart thanks Elwes for letting him know that the sheep arrived safely, and that he hopes the show will interest the King.
Dates:
03 July 1913
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 12 August 1912
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/49
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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, 17 October 1912
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/67
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Ewart writes that the embargo on transporting sheep and cattle between England and Scotland will be lifted in a few days. He thinks he may get the use of one of the islands in the Forth for sheep that are too wild for fences. He asks whether Elwes knows the Ryeland breed of sheep, as it has been suggested that he should put some to the 'Siberian' ram.
Dates:
17 October 1912
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 21 October 1912
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/72
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Ewart writes that he will let Elwes know about the Ryelands ram. The cost of enclosing the sheep at the forthcoming Royal Highland Agricultural Show depends upon how many sheep Elwes is planning to exhibit; he should be able to cover the costs for the fencing by charging for the exhibition catalogue.
Dates:
21 October 1912
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 05 June 1913
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/24
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Ewart writes that Watson has started for Shetland with sufficient introductions. Ewart's paper will appear in the Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. He asks what Elwes wants done with the Shetland hoggs when shorn and with the wethers.
Dates:
05 June 1913
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles Mackinnon Douglas, 10 April 1912
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/19
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Douglas writes that he will make further enquiries about the pony 'Mafdood'. He has finished the manuscript of the little book with Elwes and wonders if Ewart will write a short note on the origin of the pony.
Dates:
10 April 1912
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Heatley Noble, 30 March 1912
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/15
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Noble writes that he is expecting a visit from Elwes and that Ewart is welcome to stay too. He sees in The Field that Lydekker still believes that a certain breed of sheep are from South Africa although he has not been able to provide any proof, and that they were certainly in Britain 100 years before either of the flocks he mentions.
Dates:
30 March 1912