Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 03 May 1913
Elwes confirms the date of Ewart's visit and invites Mrs Ewart. He asks when Ewart proposes to send his blackfaced hoggs as he is not sure whether he wants to go on with them.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 24 June 1913
Elwes provides some suggestions regarding the transportation of the sheep to Cheltenham from Edinburgh for the Royal Agricultural Show in Bristol. He will send Ewart details of the valuation of the wool for the guidance of Ewart's committee as to future crossing experiments.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [27 June 1913]
Elwes writes confirming the arrangements for the reception and admittance of the sheep at Bristol, and asks Ewart to confirm what sheep he is to send back and what to keep.
The letter is undated, although marked 'Friday'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [01 July 1913]
Elwes reports that he has just returned from Bristol and that Ewart's sheep arrived safely. He recommends that they take a week's rest after the show before being sent back up to Edinburgh. He hopes that the King will see the sheep on Friday.
The letter is undated, though marked 'Tuesday night'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [05 July 1913]
Elwes writes that the (Royal Agricultural) show was a great success and that the King looked at their sheep for longer than the others. Elwes is shortly to have an operation and leaves instructions for Ewart if he wants his sheep returned to him. He also mentions which publications have reviewed their appearance at the show.
The letter is undated, although marked 'Saturday'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 26 July [1913]
Elwes writes that he is glad to hear that the farm is arranged and that Ewart will be able to carry out some more extensive experiments. He enquires about the fat-tailed ram at Liverpool, as he would like to see him, and remarks that the weather at Colesbourne will suit him more than Ewart's farm at Fairslacks. He suggests that Ewart send over some live specimens of sheep to the new Zoological Gardens in Edinburgh.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 06 August 1913
Elwes writes that the restrictions on transporting sheep are now removed and that the sheep at Greystoke will be sending their sheep to Elwes as soon as possible. Elwes asks Ewart to confirm whether he can take the sheep on his farm for a year, as he himself will be short of room.
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, 03 May [1914]
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.
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.
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- Sheep 22
- Rams 16
- Animal sale 9
- Cross-Breeding 8
- Ewes 8
- Agricultural exhibitions 7
- Animals--Colour 7
- Fat-tailed sheep 7
- Publications 6
- Shetland sheep 6
- Social Interaction 6
- Embargo 5
- Sheep, Breeding 5
- Wool 5
- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 4
- Experiments 4
- Farms 4
- Lambs 4
- Blackface sheep 3
- Hybrids 3
- North Ronaldsay (sheep) 3
- Ovis nivicola 3
- Photographs 3
- Agricultural Experiment Stations 2
- Animal Markings 2
- Animal housing 2
- Hides and Skins 2
- Icelandic sheep 2
- Sheep breeds 2
- Sheep-shearing 2
- Societies and Clubs 2
- Wallachian sheep 2
- Zoos 2
- article 2
- Animals--Health 1
- Bulls 1
- Cattle 1
- Cheviot sheep 1
- Circular letters 1
- Committees 1
- Foula sheep 1
- Funding 1
- Goats 1
- Hebridean Sheep 1
- Herdwick (sheep) 1
- Horns 1
- Karakul sheep 1
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 1
- Museums 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Research Institutes 1
- Ryeland (sheep) 1
- Samples (Commerce) 1
- Soay sheep 1
- Textile fabrics 1
- Textile industry 1
- Valuation 1
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