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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Irving, 22 September 1913
Irving writes that he could not get hold of any copies of the abstract of his paper on the Solutré horse, but that his presentation of it went well. He acknowledges Ewart's help with his work with the Equus robustus.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Irving, 30 September 1913
Irving writes that since he read his paper on the Solutré horse at Birmingham, another molar of Equus robustus has been excavated, and provides measurements. He asks for Ewart's advice on publishing his paper.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles Edward Fagan, 05 March 1907
Fagan informs Ewart that the Trustees of the British Museum have appointed Ewart Lecturer on the Swiney Foundation for that year and approve his subject 'Horses of the Past and Present'. He asks Ewart for information on when he will come to London and for him to submit a syllabus.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles S. Plumb, 08 November 1904
Plumb asks Ewart for a copy of a paper which he presented to the Royal Society in 1902 on a new species of horse. He mentions that he has used lantern slides in his own lectures showing some of Ewart's work on telegony and regrets not introducing himself to Ewart at the Royal Agricultural Show at York in 1900. He mentions his own work in the instruction in breeds, breeding, feeding and management of domestic animals at Ohio State University.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 12 February 1907
Lankester writes that he would like to have the Sarawak horse's skull for the British Museum, as well as some Roman horses. He asks Ewart if he would give the Swiney lectures on 'the history and palaeontology of horses' or 'horses of the past and present', as Scharff has postponed giving them until the following year. Lankester states that he believes the preorbital depression in the modern horse's skull once held a gland.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 30 April [1907]
Lankester writes that the box of Roman horse bones has arrived and asks Ewart to confirm what dates he will be giving his twelve Swiney lectures.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry F. Osborn, 07 May 1904
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Philip Lutley Sclater, 15 March 1902
Sclater enquires whether Ewart would like to give a lecture on the subject of horses and zebras in either April or May. The Zoological Society of London would like to draw attention to their collections of these animals.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Samuel Henry Butcher, 24 June 1904
Butcher writes that he will read Ewart's writings on wild horses on his journey through Ireland to Killarney. He reports that he found his time lecturing in America very difficult.