Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 09 November [1913]
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/54
Scope and Contents
Elwes asks for Ewart's opinion on the Iceland skins and for him to return them. He has just received some new cloth and enquires whether Mrs Ewart or any of their friends would like some before he hands it over to the tailor to sell. Wallace has written that he has a fine ram from Russia which he is sending to a farm for the Scottish Board of Agriculture.
The year is not written on the letter.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates
- 09 November [1913]
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
1 leaf
Conditions Governing Access
Open.
Extent
From the Series: 4 boxes
Physical Location
CLX-A-1138
Physical Description
1 leaf
- Animals--Transportation
- Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
- Ewart nee Muir, Edith Fairlie, 1878-1953 (third wife of James Cossar Ewart)
- Farms
- Hides and Skins
- Icelandic sheep
- Rams
- Scottish Home Department. formerly Board of Agriculture for Scotland then Department of Agriculture for Scotland (1928-1939) (1939-:)
- Textile fabrics
- Textile industry
- Wallace, Robert, Professor, 1853-1939 (professor of agriculture and rural economy)
Creator
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
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