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Copy of a letter to Charles Mackinnon Douglas from James Cossar Ewart, 20 March 1916
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.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Irving, 14 August 1913
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 Albert E. Mettam, 28 December 1915
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.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from C.C Hurst, 22 December 1915
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.
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 E. Bryans, 20 November 1899
Bryans writes regarding Ewart's article 'Zebras, Horses and Hybrids' which has prompted him to mention a supposed case of telegony between two dogs.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from E. H. Leach, 24 January 1916
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.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 16 April [1907]
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.