Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 19 April 1915
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.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 09 November [1913]
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.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 16 August [1912]
Elwes writes that he has heard that the sheep at Greystoke will be transported once the restrictions in Peebles are lifted. He recommends that Ewart take a photograph of the Foula ewes while they are alive. He is buying some of Lort's Manx and Manx-Soay crosses, and a black bull with a broad white belt. He would like to put his fat-tailed ewes to Ewart's fat-tailed ram.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 31 August [1912]
Elwes will send his fat-tailed sheep to be served by Ewart's ram and could also send some 'so-called Siberian' sheep which he is buying. He asks Ewart to confirm when would be a suitable time for him to visit to see his Fairisle sheep, and to settle what crosses he will make to exhibit at Bristol. He mentions some brown and white sheep of an old Spanish breed belonging to Lady Campbell.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c. May 1914]
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.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, with enclosed letter to Elwes from Duncan Robertson, [c.18 June 1911]
Elwes instruct Ewart to send the ewe hoggs to Cheltenham. He enquires whether Ewart would like to have the sheep mentioned in Robertson's letter, as he would like a photograph of them. This letter is undated.
Robertson's letter to Elwes, dated 15 June 1911, states that he will be able to procure a ram and ewe from North Ronaldsay.
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- Sheep 9
- Animals--Colour 7
- Cross-Breeding 6
- Fat-tailed sheep 6
- Animal sale 5
- Ewes 5
- Sheep, Breeding 5
- Shetland sheep 4
- Embargo 3
- Experiments 3
- Farms 3
- Lambs 3
- Ovis nivicola 3
- Photographs 3
- Social Interaction 3
- Animal Markings 2
- Blackface sheep 2
- Icelandic sheep 2
- Wool 2
- Zoos 2
- Agricultural Experiment Stations 1
- Agricultural exhibitions 1
- Animal housing 1
- Animals--Health 1
- Bulls 1
- Cattle 1
- Cheviot sheep 1
- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 1
- Foula sheep 1
- Funding 1
- Hebridean Sheep 1
- Herdwick (sheep) 1
- Hides and Skins 1
- Horns 1
- Hybrids 1
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 1
- Museums 1
- North Ronaldsay (sheep) 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Publications 1
- Ryeland (sheep) 1
- Sheep breeds 1
- Sheep-shearing 1
- Soay sheep 1
- Textile fabrics 1
- Textile industry 1
- Wallachian sheep 1
- Wensleydale (sheep) 1 + ∧ less