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Animal sale

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Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = TD

Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John K. Butter, 25 September 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/105
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Butter asks for advice on breaking in and handling the two zebras he has purchased from Carl Hagenbeck in Hamburg. He writes that natural history is his greatest hobby, and that he recalls Ewart from his time at Aberdeen University, where Butter was a student.

Dates: 25 September 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from M. Sloss, 11 July 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/74
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Sloss confirms that he is glad Ewart can visit for the sale in Castle Douglas and reports that one of Ewart's yearlings has gone missing.

Dates: 11 July 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Maharajah Bhagvat Singh, 16 October 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/84
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Singh, writing from Gondal in India, requests information about Shetland ponies, and their cost. He also states that he would be happy to look after Ewart's zebra mule for him and try to find a purchaser for it.

Dates: 16 October 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from R.T Wickham, 05 August 1905

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/21
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Wickham, a cousin of and agent for Colonel Congreve, provides further details of the cattle at Chartley as well as other cattle he has purchased, and asks for Ewart's advice on the cross-breeding of these cattle.

Dates: 05 August 1905
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1905

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 07 November 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/30
Scope and Contents Alexander writes that he will buy the mare once he knows how much of his own livestock he has managed to sell. The agent at Somerford has promised to keep aside the head and legs of the dam of Alexander's polled cow if she is selected for the butcher, and Alexander will negotiate with his Norfolk friend for the head of the red polled cow. He asks for first refusal on one of Ewart's heifers by the black Chartley bull, and wonders whether the Chartleys are descended from the neighbouring...
Dates: 07 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 Claud Alexander, 21 June 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/36
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Alexander confirms the arrangements for Mr and Mrs Ewart's short visit and comments that he must try and sell Elwes some sheep.

Dates: 21 June 1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1911

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 02 September 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/50
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Alexander asks whether Ewart still wants to purchase some sheep from him, and makes suggestions for shipping arrangements.

Dates: 02 September 1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1911

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 05 September 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/52
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Alexander reports that he has inspected Ewart's leopard at the Zoo and that it seems in good health. He asks Ewart to notify him if he is planning to sell her and comments that he has found a remnant of the Chartley cattle herd.

Dates: 05 September 1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1911

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 27 September 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/63
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Alexander writes that he cannot afford to buy Ewart's clouded leopard but that Ewart should not let her go too cheaply. He offers his young Mysore bull to Ewart's Celtic shorthorn, and will try to get a photograph of the hybrid and provides details about piebald lambs.

Dates: 27 September 1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1911

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 23 October 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/69
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Alexander makes arrangements for meeting Ewart and states that his zebra bull will be at Ewart's service if there is a decent summer. He has two white bulls for sale, and complains that Elwes will not return his sheep crates.

Dates: 23 October 1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1911

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