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Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 29 August 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/55
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Ewart thanks Elwes for the wool samples and the details about the Austrian Skemschaf. The four sheep have not yet arrived from Greystoke, but he doubts they are allowed into Scotland yet. Cowan is coming to see the Shetland ram from Fairisle and that he will use it with Elwes' ewes if it is judged to be better than Alexander's ram.

Dates: 29 August 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 17 October 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/67
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Ewart writes that the embargo on transporting sheep and cattle between England and Scotland will be lifted in a few days. He thinks he may get the use of one of the islands in the Forth for sheep that are too wild for fences. He asks whether Elwes knows the Ryeland breed of sheep, as it has been suggested that he should put some to the 'Siberian' ram.

Dates: 17 October 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 25 November 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/79
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Ewart encloses a cheque for the ewes Elwes is sending him, and confirms the number of sheep that are being sent. He tried to cross a he-goat with some ewes but there was no progeny. He asks if Ewart would like to see Appel's book on sheep.

Dates: 25 November 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 01 December 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/80
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Ewart confirms the cost for sending the sheep. He comments on the Board of Agriculture's plans to have a small upland station.

Dates: 01 December 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 05 June 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/24
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Ewart writes that Watson has started for Shetland with sufficient introductions. Ewart's paper will appear in the Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. He asks what Elwes wants done with the Shetland hoggs when shorn and with the wethers.

Dates: 05 June 1913
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 3 July 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/32
Scope and Contents

Ewart thanks Elwes for letting him know that the sheep arrived safely, and that he hopes the show will interest the King.

Dates: 3 July 1913
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Dalgety and Company Ltd, 21 July 1925

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/31/9
Scope and Contents

The company includes in their letter the contents of all the correspondence that has passed between themselves, O.R Falkiner and T.H Gillespie concerning the shipment of Soay sheep to Australia, in order to clarify an apparent misunderstanding on Ewart's part about what kind of sheep Falkiner wants.

Dates: 21 July 1925
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Dalgety and Company Ltd, 04 August 1925

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/31/11
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The company writes that it would be wise for Ewart to find out whether Falkiner wants 'the old type' of Soay sheep or the 'improved Soay-Siberian sheep' before proceeding with the arrangements for transporting the sheep.

Dates: 04 August 1925
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from G.P. Lort, 20 October 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/22
Scope and Contents

Lort writes that he will send Mr Pocock one St Kilda ewe and a Welsh ewe. He offers to send Ewart a ewe out of a St Kilda by a Shropshire ram and a lamb by a Red Manx as well as the Welsh ewe lambs and St Kilda ewes.

Dates: 20 October 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from G.P. Lort, 25 October 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/25
Scope and Contents

Lort writes that the sheep he was going to send Ewart were found not to be pure-bred, and that he will send him a Welsh ewe and a St Kilda ewe when his crates are returned.

Dates: 25 October 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Names
Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist) 35
Alexander, Sir Claud, fl 1910-1930 6
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 6
Greystoke Castle (1069-:) 5
Lort, G.P, fl 1910 4
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Cowan, Alex, fl 1911 (Dalhousie Castle, Bonnyrigg (Scotland)) 3
Crichton-Stuart, John, 4th Marquess of Bute, 1881-1947 (Scottish peer) 3
George V, George Frederick Ernest Albert, 1865-1936 (King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India 1910-1936) 3
Gordon, William, fl 1913 3
Robertson, Duncan, fl 1910 (solicitor) 3
Wallace, Robert, Professor, 1853-1939 (professor of agriculture and rural economy) 3
Appel, Axel, fl. 1912 2
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (1903-1919) 2
Dalgety plc. Dalgety and Company Ltd (1846-2005) 2
Edinburgh Zoo. Edinburgh Zoological Gardens (1913) 2
Ewart nee Muir, Edith Fairlie, 1878-1953 (third wife of James Cossar Ewart) 2
Falkiner, Otway Rothwell, 1874-1961 (Australian sheep breeder) 2
Pocock, Reginald Innes, 1863-1947 (British zoologist) 2
Scottish Home Department. formerly Board of Agriculture for Scotland then Department of Agriculture for Scotland (1928-1939) (1939-:) 2
Astley, Albert Edward Delaval, Lieutenant-Colonel, 1882-1956 (21st Baron Hastings) 1
Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management 1
Balfour, Frederick Robert Stephen, 1873-1945 1
British Empire Exhibition (1925) 1
Campbell, John Douglas-Boswell, fl 1924 1
Cecil, Arthur, Lord, 1851-1913 (captain) 1
Colesbourne (fl. 1913) 1
Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (1864-1904) 1
Gillespie, Thomas Haining, 1876-1967 (solicitor, zoological administrator, and broadcaster) 1
Hannah, John M., fl 1924 1
Howard, fl 1911 1
Little, Norman, fl 1928 (doctor) 1
Mackenzie, John T, fl1903 (Dunvegan, Skye) 1
Mackenzie, John, fl 1914 1
Ormerod, Oliver Charles, fl 1925 (sheep farmer, New Zealand) 1
Powney, Colonel, fl 1912 1
Reakes, C.J, fl 1925 (director general, Board of Agriculture, New Zealand) 1
Sanderson, Harry, fl 1911 (wool manufacturer) 1
St Quintin, William Henry, 1851-1933 (Justice of the Peace and naturalist) 1
Watson, James Alexander Scott, 1889-fl 1911 (professor of agriculture, University of Edinburgh) 1
White, T.M.A, fl 1922 1
Woburn Abbey 1
Zoological Society of London (1826:-) 1
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