Gordon, William, fl 1913
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Alex Cowan from Henry John Elwes, 11 June 1911
Letter to Edith F. Ewart from William Gordon, 19 September 1913
Gordon thanks Mrs Ewart for the glass jars for preserving the peas and beans in his garden and hopes that she and Professor Ewart will visit him on Shetland again next year. He reports that he was disappointed with the prices he received for his lambs in Aberdeen.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Gordon, 27 September 1913
Gordon hopes that the ewe and spotted lamb arrived safely in Leith. He provides details about the price his lambs fetched in Aberdeen. He writes that he is going on with the excavation of the Brough and has found some stone implements as well as the bones of horses, cattle and sheep, which he offers to send to Ewart for investigation.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Gordon, 17 August 1917
Gordon writes that he would like to purchase a pure Siberian ram from Ewart, his last one having died through fighting. He suggests that Ewart makes enquiries concerning the transportation of the ram by steamer from Leith to Shetland. He reports that he has got an excellent crop of Shetland lambs and offers to send Ewart any that may be of interest.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Gordon, 01 October 1917
Gordon writes that unfortunately nobody in the district is selling a Shetland heifer in calf, but that he would be willing to put an advertisement in the Shetland News for Ewart. He reports that he doesn't have any crosses between Blackface tups and Moorit ewes, but that he will set aside any long-woolled Moorits he comes across for Ewart. He also offers to send him a white pure Shetland tup lamb with three horns.
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