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Copy of a letter to Charles Mackinnon Douglas from James Cossar Ewart, 20 March 1916

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/18
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Ewart writes that he is sending Douglas another paper on the development of the horse, but that he will require financial help to continue with the work. He supposes that the Development Commissioners are not worth approaching, but asks Douglas to consider the matter favourably.

Dates: 20 March 1916

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Irving, 14 August 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/40
Scope and Contents Irving asks Ewart for his opinion of the paper concerning the Equus robustus horse type, and encloses a copy of the Section D paper from the British Association. He reports that he saw and handled the horse tooth found in the Piltdown gravels, and he believes it to be part of Equus robustus. He wonders whether it would be worth a short note in Nature, and wonders how far back Equus...
Dates: 14 August 1913

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Irving, 22 September 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/46
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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.

Dates: 22 September 1913

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Irving, 30 September 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/50
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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.

Dates: 30 September 1913

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Albert E. Mettam, 28 December 1915

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/29
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Mettam thanks Ewart for the reprint of his work on the three weeks foetus, and looks forward to further work on the development of the horse. He wonders whether Professor Robinson will give him a copy of his publication on the model constructed from the sections of the foetus.

Dates: 28 December 1915

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from C.C Hurst, 22 December 1915

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/25
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Hurst requests a copy of Ewart's paper on the Development of the Horse. He has been 'soldiering' since August 1914 and has not had time to keep up with developments in experimental work.

Dates: 22 December 1915

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles S. Plumb, 08 November 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/118
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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.

Dates: 08 November 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from E. Bryans, 20 November 1899

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/5/37
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Bryans writes regarding Ewart's article 'Zebras, Horses and Hybrids' which has prompted him to mention a supposed case of telegony between two dogs.

Dates: 20 November 1899

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from E. H. Leach, 24 January 1916

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/15
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Leach thanks Ewart for the book on the development of the horse. He wonders why mares even after foaling do not get stinted so easily in cold weather as in mild, and why maiden mares do not come into season or get in foal until the end of March or early April and postulates that the cold retards development.

Dates: 24 January 1916

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 16 April [1907]

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/10
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Lankester thanks Ewart for the proof of his 'horse paper' and reports that he is setting up a complete skeleton of a Przewalski's horse from Woburn. He asks Ewart to tell Mr Linton to send the Roman horse to him at the British Museum.

The year is not written on the letter.

Dates: 16 April [1907]

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Ridgeway, Sir William, 1853-1926 (classicist and Disney professor of archaeology, University of Cambridge (England)) 5
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (1903-1919) 4
Hayes, Matthew Horace, 1842-1904 (veterinarian and author on horses) 3
Irving, A., fl 1909 3
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Bateson, William, 1861-1926 (English biologist and professor of genetics, University of Cambridge) 2
Bryans, E, fl1899 2
Cecil, Arthur, Lord, 1851-1913 (captain) 2
Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison, 1866-1948 (American naturalist) 2
Darbishire, Arthur Dukinfield, 1879-1915 (lecturer in genetics and animal breeding, University of Edinburgh) 2
Lort-Phillips, John Frederick, 1854-1926 (Lawrenny Park, Begelly, South Wales) 2
MacBride, Ernest William, 1866-1940 (marine biologist) 2
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 (curator, American Museum of Natural History, New York) 2
Palmer, William Waldegrave, 1859-1942 (2nd earl of Selborne) 2
Scharff, Richard Francis, 1858-1934 (naturalist, keeper of the Natural History Collections, Science and Art Museum, Dublin) 2
Blunt, Wilfred Scawen, 1840-1922 (traveller, politician, and poet) 1
British Association for the Advancement of Science (1831-:) 1
British Museum (Natural History) (1881-1991) 1
Capitan, Louis, 1854-1929 (French doctor and historian) 1
Catchpole, Hubert R., fl 1933 (biologist and physiologist, University of California) 1
Clemens, Earnest Allen, 1859-1924 (American ranch owner and chemist) 1
Coffey, George, 1857-1916 (scholar of Irish history and Keeper of Royal Irish Academy Collections, Dublin (Ireland)) 1
Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir, 1867-1928 (art critic and writer) 1
Croom, John Halliday, Professor Sir, 1847-1923 (physician) 1
Dawkins, William Boyd, 1837-1929 (geologist, palaeontologist and antiquary) 1
Douglas, Charles Mackinnon, 1865-1924 (politician and agricultural expert) 1
Dublin Science and Art Museum (1878-:) 1
Duerst, J.U, fl 1908 (zoologist) 1
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 1
Forsyth, James Noel Muller, 1844-1923 (landowner, Quinish, Tobermory) 1
Gadow, Hans Friedrich, 1855-1928 (German ornithologist) 1
Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge (1348-) 1
Harmer, Sir Sydney Frederic, 1862-1950 (zoologist) 1
Harris, Walter Burton, 1866-1933 (traveller, explorer and author) 1
Haveley, Charles R., Lieutenant-Colonel, fl 1912 1
Heape, Walter, 1855-1929 (embryologist and professor) 1
Herdman, William Abbott, Sir, 1858-1924 (professor of natural history, University of Liverpool) 1
Hurst, Charles Chamberlain, 1870-1947 (English geneticist) 1
Jessen, J.B, fl 1910 (Norwegian veterinarian) 1
Leach, E.H, fl 1916 1
Leather, J.H.K Mursenden, fl 1911 (editor) 1
Linton, Andrew, fl1903 1
Lönnberg, Einar, 1865-1942 (Swedish zoologist and conservationist) 1
Marshall, Francis Hugh Adam, 1878-1949 (reader in agricultural physiology, Christ's College, University of Cambridge) 1
Mettam, Albert E., 1866-1917 (principal of the Royal Veterinary College of Ireland, Dublin) 1
New Mexico State University Agricultural Experiment Station (1889-:) 1
Ohio State University (1870-) 1
Plumb, Charles S, fl1904 (professor of animal husbandry, Ohio State University) 1
Robertson, J.B, fl 1910 1
Robinson, Arthur, fl 1915 (professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 1
Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-:) 1
Rural Development Commission. Development Commission 1910-1987 (1910-2000) 1
Salensky, Wladimir, fl1902 (Russian biologist) 1
Thomson, Sir John Arthur, 1861-1933 (Knight | Scottish naturalist) 1
Turner, Sir William, 1832-1916 (anatomist, professor of anatomy and principal, University of Edinburgh) 1
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