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Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 (curator, American Museum of Natural History, New York)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry Fairfield Osborn, 05 January 1918

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/24/1
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Osborn writes that he will shortly send Ewart a revision of the Equidae, which he calls 'a dry, exhausting piece of work, which is, however, absolutely essential for the more interesting monograph which I trust will follow one day.' He reports that the Celtic pony is now in full coat and is not typical. As it lacks many of the specific characters on which Ewart established the subspecies, he requests again the skeleton and skin of the type.

Dates: 05 January 1918

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry Fairfield Osborn, 15 October 1919

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/25/1
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Osborn writes that he is still working on developing the horse collection at the Museum and preparing his memoir on the Evolution of the Horse. He hears from Director Hornaday that the Scandinavian and Celtic ponies will have to be disposed of as they are eating too much. He once again requests the skeleton and skin of the original Celtic pony to be sent to him.

Dates: 15 October 1919

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