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Gladstone, Hugh S, fl1903-1949 (public servant and ornithologist)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Hugh S. Gladstone, 16 February 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/22
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Gladstone writes that, having seen the advertisement in The Field, he would be pleased to give Ewart a white cock pheasant for his experiments, on condition that it is stuffed after death, and that any unusual offspring is sent to him for his own collection.

Dates: 16 February 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Hugh S. Gladstone, 27 July 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/76
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Gladstone enquires whether the white cock pheasant he sent to Ewart has been more successful this year. He asks that Ewart keep the bird until it dies or is killed, and then he should send it to J. Cullingford of the University Museum, Durham, where it will be stuffed. He offers Ewart a bird which he considers to resemble a bantam cock in return for Ewart's opinions as to its parentage.

Dates: 27 July 1904

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