Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
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Found in 120 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 17 September [1913]
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/44
Scope and Contents
Elwes makes arrangements for visiting Ewart after his trip to Yorkshire. He thinks that he will soon discard the Hebridean and spotted breeds and confine himself to brown Shetlands which he will cross with Manx, Black Welsh and White Cheviots crossed with Norfolk. He also plans to try some Exmoors this year, which thrive well on Salisbury Plain. He asks whether Ewart or Cowan have any Shetland sheep arriving that year.
The year is not written on the letter.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
17 September [1913]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 25 October [1913]
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/52
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Elwes writes that he is enclosing a letter from Brodie about his sheep (letter not present). He asks if Ewart would like to see the sheep skins he has been sent which are dressed for mats and said to be Icelanders from a farm which Sanderson told him about.
The year is not written on the letter.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
25 October [1913]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 09 November [1913]
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/54
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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.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
09 November [1913]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 16 November [1913]
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/55
Scope and Contents
Elwes asks Ewart to divide the Shetland ewes between the best woolled Shetland moorit and the best Siberian ram, as he wishes to see what influence the environment may have on the wool. He asks whether Ewart wants to purchase the Shetlands or keep them and charge Elwes for their keep.
Dates:
16 November [1913]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 03 May [1914]
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/7
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Elwes writes that he has returned from a successful trip to Nepal and Sikkim. He has got a fine lot of lambs which he wishes to show Ewart before they are clipped. He has some of the so-called Wallachian sheep offered to him from North Hungary, but he cannot get leave from the Board of Agriculture to bring them over, and asks whether Ewart could do any better.
The year is not written on the letter.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
03 May [1914]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c. May 1914]
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/9
Scope and Contents
Elwes asks Ewart to let him know when he can visit his sheep. He has shorn the rams but the brown Siberian will have to be killed as he has a cancerous growth on his jaw. He describes what sheep cross-breeding he intends to do and states that he must move the Wallachian sheep from Hungary.
The letter is undated.
The letter is undated.
Dates:
[c. May 1914]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 13 March 1915
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/3
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Elwes asks Ewart to come and see him if he is going to visit Sir Claud Alexander. He asks Ewart to tell him if they can get a ram from the Faroes, and whether he can be admitted to Edinburgh during or after the war.
Dates:
13 March 1915
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 19 April 1915
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/9
Scope and Contents
Elwes enquires whether Ewart thinks it worthwhile to import any sheep from the Faroes, and if so, could Lord Bute or Cowan take them, as he has no room. He refers to a letter from a Mrs Taylor which mentions crossing a fox-coloured ram with a black ewe. He reports that Ewart's Blackfaces are the most profitable of his sheep so far, except for their wool. He will be selling the remainder of Ewart's hoggs.
Dates:
19 April 1915
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c.1918]
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/24/4
Scope and Contents
Elwes writes that he has written a letter which he would like Ewart to send to The Field, in defence of a statement made by Ewart which involves Elwes. He describes the skins of some cross-bred sheep which he has bought and will send to Ewart.
The letter is undated, although marked 'Tuesday'.
The letter is undated, although marked 'Tuesday'.
Dates:
[c.1918]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 13 August 1920
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/26/2
Scope and Contents
Elwes writes that he has been invited to the Blackface Sheep Breeders' Association meeting in Perth. He does not think wild sheep could be used in the improvement of British wool. He is also doubtful whether a cross between a Blackface and Soay sheep would be able to withstand the climate of the West Highlands, or whether the lower quality of their meat and wool would render the experiment worthwhile. He believes the Blackface-Cheviot or Blackface-Shetland cross would be preferable and would...
Dates:
13 August 1920