Animal sale
Subject
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
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
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
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
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 25 May 1914
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/8
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Alexander asks whether Ewart wishes to purchase a Mysore bull from him. He is lame but well-behaved, and Alexander would take £10 to save him from going to the butcher. He reports that his filly was hard to handle but is settling down, while her dam should foal soon although she has not wintered well and looks in poor condition. He complains that his pair of Pallas's cats are not healthy.
Dates:
25 May 1914
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 06 June 1914
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/10
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Alexander reports that his pregnant mare has died. He asks whether Ewart would like to take on all of his fat-rumped ewes for £10. He has a donkey very near foaling by the mule 'Jacob', which proves that he can still get stock. He states that can give Ewart the breeding of the sheep if he saw them.
Dates:
06 June 1914
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 10 June 1914
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/11
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Alexander writes that he doesn't have very many old sheep but plenty of piebalds and shearling rams for 30 shillings each as well as a black ewe which interested Elwes. He asks Ewart to let him know which sheep he wants as he must send all his spare stock to market due to the drought.
Dates:
10 June 1914
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 07 November 1910
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/30
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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
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
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