Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 120 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 04 July 1911
Elwes is sending Ewart the fleece of a Cheviot-Shetland cross from Shetland and that he will also receive a fleece of a first-prize shearling Welsh ewe. He is also enclosing photographs of sheep showing four generations and asks Ewart's advice on what would be the most interesting cross out of them. He asks when Ewart and Wallace are going to examine the wools.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 26 July [1911]
Elwes asks Ewart to enquire after the whereabouts of a lost book.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 11 August 1911
Elwes writes that he has received a letter from Duncan Robertson of Kirkwall to say that he had got Elwes a pair of North Ronaldsay sheep. Elwes will ask him to send them to Ewart and he is welcome to keep them for a year if they are of interest. He is also enclosing 50 copies of the circular and can provide a list of the recipients.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 12 August 1911
Elwes is sending Ewart samples of Iceland wool which he would like him to compare them with Cowan's. He judges it to be less fine than the Shetland and not as long as the white wool. He also lists the names of the recipients of the circular he has sent.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 18 August 1911
Elwes writes that if Duncan Robertson cannot keep the two North Ronaldsay sheep until September, he has been instructed to send them to Ewart.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 08 November 1911
Elwes writes that Lord Fortescue had not mentioned his sheep's Eastern origin, but that he will provide further particulars if requested. He also encloses a photograph of the white Welsh ram 'Twm Shon Dafydd 4th'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 11 November 1911
Elwes agrees with Ewart on Wallace's proposition concerning the Karakul sheep, and states that he has declined to sign the application unless it is considerably modified, with Ewart's original writing to be reinstated.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 16 November 1911
Elwes writes that he is sending Ewart his paper for him to check, and asks him to select some photographs after consulting Eagle Clarke. He is also returning the original application as altered by Wallace, and recommends that Ewart make contact with Carruthers.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 25 November [1911]
Elwes writes that he has no doubt that Carruthers will publish his discoveries when he returns. He asks that Ewart return the proof of his paper by 01 December at the latest. He commiserates over Ewart's farm and promises to help him when he returns to England the following year.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c. 26 November 1911]
Elwes writes that he would be very glad to get a proof back from Eagle Clark by 01 December.
The letter is not dated, although marked 'Sunday', which appears to place it the Sunday before 01 December, ie the 26 November 1911.
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- Subject
- Sheep 45
- Animals--Transportation 40
- Rams 33
- Shetland sheep 26
- Wool 26
- Cross-Breeding 20
- Social Interaction 20
- Ewes 19
- Sheep breeds 18
- Agricultural exhibitions 17
- Animals--Colour 17
- Animal sale 16
- Publications 16
- Lambs 14
- article 14
- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 12
- Photographs 12
- Fat-tailed sheep 11
- Hybrids 11
- Soay sheep 11
- Farms 10
- Sheep, Breeding 10
- Experiments 9
- Hides and Skins 9
- Ovis nivicola 9
- Icelandic sheep 8
- Museums 8
- North Ronaldsay (sheep) 8
- Societies and Clubs 8
- Animal Markings 7
- Castlemilk Moorit (sheep) 6
- Cheviot sheep 6
- Embargo 6
- Proofreading 6
- Welsh mountain sheep 6
- Blackface sheep 5
- Horns 5
- Sheep-shearing 5
- Zoos 5
- Lectures and Lecturing 4
- Ryeland (sheep) 4
- Samples (Commerce) 4
- Textile fabrics 4
- Textile industry 4
- Agricultural Experiment Stations 3
- Animal Breeding 3
- Animal housing 3
- Circular letters 3
- Committees 3
- Domestic Animals 3
- Funding 3
- Hebridean Sheep 3
- Jacob sheep 3
- Karakul sheep 3
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 3
- Merino sheep 3
- Norfolk Horn (sheep) 3
- Physical Characteristics 3
- Reports and Dissertations 3
- Scottish Dunface (sheep) 3
- Skull 3
- Wensleydale (sheep) 3
- Animal breeders 2
- Animals--Health 2
- Authorship, Collaboration 2
- Bulls 2
- Goats 2
- Herdwick (sheep) 2
- Meetings 2
- Prehistoric animals 2
- Quarantine 2
- Research Institutes 2
- Southdown sheep 2
- Valuation 2
- Wallachian sheep 2
- Animal feeding 1
- Archaeological sites 1
- Cattle 1
- Cedar 1
- Climate 1
- Congresses and Conventions 1
- Crofters 1
- Exmoor Horn (sheep) 1
- Faroes (sheep) 1
- Foula sheep 1
- Foxhounds 1
- Hunting dogs--Breeding 1
- Illustrations 1
- Livestock--Breeding--Economic aspects 1
- Meat quality 1
- Newspapers 1
- Ouessant (sheep) 1
- Parasites 1
- Ponies 1
- Pregnancy in animals 1
- Report writing 1
- Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep 1
- Sheep shows 1
- Specimens 1
- Tail 1