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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Matthew Horace Hayes, 30 January 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/13
Scope and Contents Hayes describes a forthcoming visit to Manchester Museum with Professor Boyd Dawkins to see the teeth of Equus stenonis. He makes other remarks about the teeth of various mammals and describes a mathematical problem about horse trotting which he has been trying to solve. He mentions some pictures of Barra and Skye ponies which 'Master Arthur' has sent to him for inclusion in his book Points of the Horse. He also mentions that he would...
Dates: 30 January 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from [N.] Bassett, 19 April 1929

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/35/5
Scope and Contents

Bassett asks Ewart where he can trace the authority for Ewart's assertion in his 1920 lecture that the only bird in the world to have the rudiments of teeth in its mouth was 'Springops' [sic] the New Zealand parrot. He has examined 20 stuffed specimens in the Christchurch Museum but the mouths were not well preserved enough.

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

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Richard Francis Scharff, 24 November 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/95
Scope and Contents

Scharff writes regarding his opinion on the phalanx belonging to a small horse. He also accepts Ewart's offer of a stuffed Przewalski's horse for the Museum.

Dates: 24 November 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Richard Francis Scharff, 19 March 1909

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/15/9
Scope and Contents

Scharff tells Ewart that he is welcome to publish the drawings he is enclosing (drawings not present). He writes that he would like to buy a Przewalski's horse for the Museum, but that the money is needed for refurbishment.

Dates: 19 March 1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1909

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Richard Lydekker, 16 November 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/123
Scope and Contents

Lydekker writes on behalf of the Director of the British Museum that they will be unable to make an offer for Ewart's hybrid commensurate with its value, but asks whether Ewart would consider donating it.

Dates: 16 November 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, 18 November 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/37
Scope and Contents

Woodward writes that he has examined the zebra skulls at the British Museum and found that the premaxilla clearly reaches and touches the nasal.

Dates: 18 November 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1910

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, 02 April 1917

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/23/3
Scope and Contents

Woodward writes that he and his colleagues at the British Museum (Natural History) have examined the equine skulls and found that the shape of the occipital condyles to be variable. The approximation of the condyles in the middle line is especially marked in Hipparion, although he is unable to explain this.

Dates: 02 April 1917
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1917

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet of Lundin and Montrave, 14 July 1907

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/30
Scope and Contents

Gilmour offers £5 or £10 to assist with the pony for the British Museum and asks whether the specimen will be killed at once.

Dates: 14 July 1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1907

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 05 November 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/116
Scope and Contents Ridgeway states that he will leave room in his paper for Ewart's new-found reference to the habitat of Ward's zebra. He seeks Ewart's advice on various unidentified horse skulls in the museum in Cambridge. He states that, as Bateson considers it unlikely that any Mendelian study on horses or other large mammals will take place in Cambridge, this could strengthen Ewart's case with the Board of Agriculture on establishing a research station. He mentions the skins of Ward's zebras which are...
Dates: 05 November 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 03 December 1905

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/43
Scope and Contents Ridgeway hopes that Ewart persuaded Scharff to obtain the Achill Island pony for the National Museum. He comments on the reviews of his recently published book The Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse. He enquires after Ewart's next paper on the tarpan, and asks for any information concerning the Rhind lectures at the University of Edinburgh. He comments that he has a lot of material on the origin of jewellery which could form a book or a course of...
Dates: 03 December 1905
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1905

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