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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil and Frieda Cecil, 28 July 1908
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/14/23
Scope and Contents
Cecil writes that the Chartley-Vaynol bull has set three Highland cows again and he now wishes to send the bull away although he is reluctant to have it killed.
Frieda Cecil finishes the rest of the letter after her husband has been called away. On behalf of Lord Cecil she offers to bull to Ewart if Cadzow won't take him, as well as two brown calves, and makes arrangements with Ewart about staying with him.
Dates:
28 July 1908
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 07 November 1910
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/30
Scope and Contents
Alexander writes that he will buy the mare once he knows how much of his own livestock he has managed to sell. The agent at Somerford has promised to keep aside the head and legs of the dam of Alexander's polled cow if she is selected for the butcher, and Alexander will negotiate with his Norfolk friend for the head of the red polled cow. He asks for first refusal on one of Ewart's heifers by the black Chartley bull, and wonders whether the Chartleys are descended from the neighbouring...
Dates:
07 November 1910
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 22 February 1915
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/2
Scope and Contents
Alexander writes concerning what money he would take for the sale of the filly, and invites Ewart to come and see his lambs. He adds that he has got a perfectly marked white calf from a pure fawn Jersey by the white bull.
Dates:
22 February 1915