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Horses

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 454 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, 16 May 1758

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/4-5
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Letter from Joseph Black to his father, John Black, relating family news and that he is thinking of buying a horse.

Dates: 16 May 1758
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Hayward, 10 January 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/3
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Hayward writes that he would like to capture some Burchell's zebras for his estate in South Africa and enquires whether a hybrid zebra and horse stallion would be fertile. He has heard that the Burchell's zebra mixes more freely with donkeys and mules than with horses.

Dates: 10 January 1913
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1913

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Irving, 26 October 1909

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/15/27
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Irving mentions that he has been able to show that the formula for the 'coffin-bones' of prehistoric horses doesn't work. However, he does confirm that the metacarpals of the Stortford horse are identical with those of the 'pleistocene' horses of Ilford in the Thames Valley and Grantchester.

Dates: 26 October 1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1909

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Irving, 27 June 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/45
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Irving writes that he has compared a horse skull at the Geological Museum with that of the Stortford skeleton and concludes that the former resembles the two skulls of Ewart's from Newstead. The skull was found in a brick yard in Melton Mowbray. Irving provides a table of comparative measurements for the Stortford and Melton Mowbray horse skulls.

Dates: 27 June 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1912

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1913

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Irving, 26 September 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/47
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Irving writes that he has had the opportunity to inspect several 'mustangs' in a stud, and was struck by their resemblance to the Stortford horse, except in the development of the hind quarters. He speculates that differences in the development of the hind quarters in various breeds may be connected to how hilly their local region is.

Dates: 26 September 1913
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1913

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from a staff member of The Clayton Aninline Company Limited, 19 November 1929

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/35/8
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The writer, a former student of Ewart's, asks whether Ewart has published a book about his research into the development of the horse.

Author's signature is unclear.

Dates: 19 November 1929
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1929

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1915