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Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison, 1866-1948 (American naturalist)

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, 20 March 1901

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/8
Scope and Contents Cockerell thanks Ewart for the photographs of the Arab and Roman-nosed horses, and a paper on Connemara ponies. He describes the doubling of the sale price of horses due to British government agents buying up western ponies wholesale to ship to South Africa. He advises that, if the ponies are shipped to London on the way, Ewart might get the chance to examine and buy any horse he wanted. Following Ewart's admission that he had never heard of the Manx rabbit, Mr Cockerell explains to him that...
Dates: 20 March 1901

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, 22 July 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/60
Scope and Contents

Cockerell comments on correspondence recently received from E.A Clemens relating to proposed breeding experiments with ponies in an attempt to develop a hardy type fit for prairie or desert conditions, with the intention of shipping them out to Ewart.

Dates: 22 July 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from W.R.G Henderson, 11 March 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/18
Scope and Contents

Henderson writes on behalf of Anchor Line regarding the arrangements for the shipment of two ponies to New York from Professor Cockerell.

Dates: 11 March 1902

Letter to Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell from Edward Allen Clemens (incomplete), 21 June 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/48
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Clemens writes to Cockerell regarding Ewart's research into and experiments with dun-coloured animals. He wonders whether any still exist in New Mexico of sufficiently pure blood to be of value to their experiments. He goes on to discuss markings, and offers to make certain of his ponies available for sale.

The latter part of the letter is not present.

Dates: 21 June 1902

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Animals--Transportation 3
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