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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from [William Burgess], 11 July 1917

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/23/6
Scope and Contents

Burgess states that if Ewart's article on the saving of child life were condensed into a tract and made comprehensible to ordinary people, it would be invaluable. He has a small dairy and sells milk to his neighbours, so he will ask the district nurse to keep a watch on new babies. He offers to submit a draft of a condensed version of the article for Ewart's approval, and believes the Board of Trade would print and circulate it.

Author's signature is unclear.

Dates: 11 July 1917
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1917

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Evans, 25 February 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/20
Scope and Contents

Evans writes that he is passing over to Eagle Clarke's part of the Annandale series of papers to the Royal Physical Society, and recommends that the paper be permitted as it stands. He provides some citations and references to articles which he thinks might be of interest to Ewart relating to the breeding of mice, guinea-pigs, rabbits and fowls.

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

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Ridgeway, 06 March 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/27
Scope and Contents Ridgeway offers his opinions on Ewart's 'excellent paper'. He states that he is sceptical as to the accuracy of cave drawings of horses, but is glad that Ewart expresses doubts as to the domestication of the horse. He recommends that Ewart provide explicitly the evidence of orseus remains from La Monthe, and is unsure about the claim that there are two different stocks in Arabian horses. He enquires as to the relative sizes of the ergots (growths) in Ewart's Mongolian pony and Przewalski's...
Dates: 06 March 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Ridgeway, 20 April 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/40
Scope and Contents

Ridgeway reports that he has been in Ireland examining the other objects found along with the three horse skulls in the 'crannog discovery'. He writes that he and Coffey have dated them between the eighth and tenth centuries. He mentions a letter from Walter Harris concerning his enquiries about callosities on the legs of horses in Tangier.

Dates: 20 April 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selbourne, 16 January 1916

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/13
Scope and Contents

Palmer, who signs himself 'Selbourne', thanks Ewart for sending him his articles on eugenics and the breeding of light horses. He writes that the reason Ewart has not been summoned to a meeting of the Standing Committee for the last two years is that there has not been a meeting.

Dates: 16 January 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1916

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selbourne, 03 January 1915

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/1
Scope and Contents

Palmer, who signs himself 'Selbourne', thanks Ewart for sending him copies of his recent studies on the development of horses and sheep, and congratulates him on his work.

Dates: 03 January 1915
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1915

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from W.P Pycraft, 09 November 1915

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/18
Scope and Contents

Pycraft thanks Ewart for sending him his paper on domestic sheep and enquires whether Ewart would be able to send him a copy of Part I.

Dates: 09 November 1915
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1915

Letter to unknown recipient from E. Bryans, 20 November 1899

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/5/38
Scope and Contents

Bryans requests that the recipient forwards an undisclosed item to the author of the article 'Zebras, horses and hybrids' (ie Ewart).

Dates: 20 November 1899
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1899

Memorandum of Agreement between James Cossar Ewart and Macmillan and Company, 27 February 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/7
Scope and Contents

The agreement concerns the publication of Ewart's A Monograph on the Subject of the Principles of Breeding.

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

Notes in Ewart's hand quoting from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 01 March 1841, [c. 1910]

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/48
Scope and Contents

The notes quote from a paper by John Stark, 'On the supposed Progress of Human Society from Savage to Civilized Life, as connected with the Domestication of Animals and the Cultivation of the Cerealia', printed in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 01 March 1841.

The notes, made on University of Edinburgh headed paper, are undated.

Dates: [c. 1910]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1910

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