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Oliphant, George A., Colonel, fl 1898-1910 (employee on Woburn estate, Bedfordshire (England))

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Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 03 October 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/17
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Oliphant reminds Ewart that the matter of the Przewalski's mare and hybrid foal was between Ewart and Mr Collier at the stud farm and that the Duke of Bedford has only agreed to keep them at Woburn as a favour owing to Mr Collier's illness.

Dates: 03 October 1910

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 14 February 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/3
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Oliphant reports that the Duke of Bedford will gladly send a young stallion along with the Przewalski's mare and the hybrid filly, on the understanding that the Woburn estate gets the first-born Przewalski's filly foal.

Dates: 14 February 1911

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 14 February 1914

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/2
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Oliphant writes that he wishes to get rid of the young stock of hybrid Przewalskis, all of which have a good temperament. As he is aware that Ewart recently sold one of his hybrids to work down a coal mine, he wonders whether Ewart will assist in disposing of the animals.

Dates: 14 February 1914

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 20 March 1914

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/3
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Oliphant writes that he is glad the hybrids arrived safely and that he considers the mare to be the best of the three in every respect.

Dates: 20 March 1914

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 24 July 1914

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/23
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Oliphant writes concerning what price to sell his hybrids for. He wonders whether Ewart could get £10 each for them to work in coal mines.

Dates: 24 July 1914

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 17 March 1915

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/4
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Oliphant, on behalf of the Duke of Bedford, offers Ewart a yearling filly by a Przewalski's stallion out of the Mongolian mare. If Ewart would not like to have the mare, perhaps the 'Edinburgh Garden' would.

Dates: 17 March 1915

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 22 March 1915

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/5
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Oliphant writes that he will make arrangement for despatching the hybrid to Ewart, although the railway is not to be depended on due to the movement of troops.

Dates: 22 March 1915

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 27 March 1915

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/6
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Oliphant confirms arrangements for the transportation of the hybrid to Ewart.

Dates: 27 March 1915

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 17 June 1898

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/4/14
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Oliphant thanks Ewart for some photographs and apologises for not having replied earlier. He states he will try and send Ewart a photograph of a horse and keep him informed of whether the zebra, which he has cross-bred with a horse, is likely to foal.

Dates: 17 June 1898

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 19 August 1898

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/4/18
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Oliphant announces the birth of a chestnut foal at Woburn Abbey: the product of a zebra mare and an Arabian sire horse, and with stripes and dappling on its legs, thighs and body.

Dates: 19 August 1898

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Subject
Przewalski's Horse 27
Mares 26
Hybrids 19
Animals--Transportation 17
Foals 16