Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Heatley Noble, 30 March 1912
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.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 08 April 1911
Elwes suggests that he and Ewart write a joint paper on sheep. He proposes to visit and photograph each different variety of sheep if they are not mongrels. He has heard of a flock of Faroe sheep near Peterborough as well as sheep in Brittany and Iceland.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 22 April 1911
Elwes provides some details of the 'dun-faced sheep' and suggests that Ewart impress on Claud Alexander the importance of photographing the results of his cross-breeding experiments, rather than breeding indiscriminately. He mentions the research of Professor Keller on the Bündner sheep of Switzerland and R.F Scharff in Ireland. He hopes to visit Ewart before going to Shetland.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c.11 June 1911]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 20 May 1912
Elwes writes that he has just returned from Formosa and invites Ewart to visit him in time for the shearing of the ewes. He will also invite Lort and Bateson to settle which rams are to be kept for future experiments.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 29 May 1912
Elwes writes that some of his sheep have already been shorn owing to the prevalence of fly on them. He asks Ewart to confirm when he will be visiting, as he wishes to choose which ram lambs to keep as soon as possible. He would like to stay with Ewart and see the Shetland sheep at his friends' place on his way to Aberdeen.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 08 July 1912
Elwes writes that he is sending Ewart a photograph of the 'so-called Cabul sheep' at Tetbury, which he thinks look like St Kildas. He asks Ewart to bring with him the Takin horns which he left in Ewart's house when he visits Elwes.
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, 03 September [1912]
Elwes writes that he will take the sheep in for Ewart until the embargo on sheep moving between England and Scotland is lifted, and states that he would like to visit Ewart whilst in Dundee.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c 15 September 1912]
Elwes thanks Ewart and his wife for their hospitality. He asks Ewart to let him know when he can spare the ram, as he will need to buy some spotted ewes for him as well as keep his fat-tails, and does not want to be any later than 10th October.
The letter is undated.
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- Animals--Transportation 6
- Rams 6
- Sheep 6
- Sheep breeds 5
- Cross-Breeding 4
- Animal sale 3
- Animals--Colour 3
- Ewes 3
- Photographs 3
- Sheep-shearing 3
- Shetland sheep 3
- Animal Markings 2
- Experiments 2
- Fat-tailed sheep 2
- Ovis nivicola 2
- Publications 2
- Agricultural exhibitions 1
- Animal housing 1
- Animals--Health 1
- Archaeological sites 1
- Authorship, Collaboration 1
- Blackface sheep 1
- Cheviot sheep 1
- Embargo 1
- Exmoor Horn (sheep) 1
- Faroes (sheep) 1
- Hebridean Sheep 1
- Horns 1
- Icelandic sheep 1
- Lambs 1
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 1
- Merino sheep 1
- Norfolk Horn (sheep) 1
- Ouessant (sheep) 1
- Prehistoric animals 1
- Scottish Dunface (sheep) 1
- Sheep, Breeding 1
- Skull 1
- Soay sheep 1
- Takin 1
- Wallachian sheep 1
- Welsh mountain sheep 1
- Wool 1
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