Archive for category: Smith’s Correspondence

This collection contains letters to and from Smith, covering the whole of Smith’s professional veterinary career since he joined the Royal Horse Artillery in India.

9 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 14 Nov 1910

14th November 1910

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Smith writes on various research subjects including: cavalry of the Spanish Armada; veterinary authors of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries; plagiarism.

8 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 11 Nov 1910

11th November 1910

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Smith writes on various research subjects including: horse legislation during the reign of Henry VII; purchase and trade of horses during the reigns of Charles II, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I;...

7 – Letter to Frederick Smith from Fred Bullock, 11 Nov 1910

11th November 1910

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Bullock writes on various subjects including: researching Close Rolls at the Public Record Office; a paper by Mr Huband; Biblical references.Enclosures are mentioned...

6 – Letter to Frederick Smith from Fred Bullock, 10 Nov 1910

10th November 1910

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Bullock writes on various subjects including: the results of Bullock's research into horse bread and Elizabethan horse supply, from sources including Thomas Blundeville and Charles Hamilton Smith.

5 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 9 Nov 1910

9th November 1910

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Smith writes on various research subjects including: legislation during the reign of Henry VIII; research of sources taken from Berenger [presumably Richard Berenger]; horse bread; Thomas Blundeville's writing...

4 – Letter to Frederick Smith from Fred Bullock, 8 Nov 1910

8th November 1910

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Bullock writes on various research subjects including: portrait of Turner by H W Pickersgill in the RCVS Council Chamber; horse breeding legislation during the reign of Henry VIII; horse bread; musters; records of horses purchased for the King 1798 to 1800...

3 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 7 Nov 1910

7th November 1910

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Smith writes on various subjects including: researching historical sources at the Public Record Office; research into a horse census carried out in Britain during Napoleonic War; 'The Veterinarian' journal; portrait of Thomas Turner by H W Pickersgill in the RCVS Council Chamber;...

2 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 4 Nov 1910

4th November 1910

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Smith writes on various subjects including: Anthony Fitzherbert's 'The Boke of Husbandry'; various other historical veterinary literature; Smith's book collection; research into horse breeding during the reign of Henry IV;...

1 – Letter to Fred Bullock from Frederick Smith, 2 Oct 1910

2nd October 1910

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Smith writes on various research subjects including: Dame Juliana Berners, and her publications on hawking, hunting and heraldry; Martin Clifford; the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; J Astley and P Astley; and various other historical figures...

6 – Calling card for Captain Richard Crawshay, Reserve of Officers: late Inniskilling Dragoons

13th December 1907

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This item includes the calling card of Captain Richard Crawshay (dated 13 Dec 1907), pasted to a note about C H Read, Keeper of Ethnology at the British Museum, pasted to the reverse of an invite to Smith and his wife to a country bazaar. Smith has annotated the card 'I wish I had kept Crawshay's delightful correspondence during his travels in Patagonia and Australia'...

5 – Letter to Smith from Richard Crawshay, Melchbourne Vicarage, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, 3 Dec 1907

3rd December 1907

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Crawshay writes to say that he has not yet visited London again, due to suffering a bout of malarial fever. He mentions that he sympathises with [Richard?] Burton, whose life he is reading an account of. He recommends that Smith read about the surveying voyages of the 'Adventure' and the 'Beagle' by Robert Fitzroy...

4 – Letter to Smith from Richard Crawshay, Melchbourne Vicarage, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, 14 Nov 1907

14th November 1907

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Crawshay writes to say he is sorry for missing Smith on his visit to London. He suggests some sources on the Ona tribe [Selk'nam indigenous people] of Patagonia, and encloses a list of texts suggested by Charles Hercules Read, Keeper of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography at the British Museum. Crawshay writes that he has read Smith's chapter on 'Animal Heat'...

3 – Letter to Smith from Richard Crawshay, Melchbourne Vicarage, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, 5 Nov 1907

5th November 1907

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Crawshay writes to thank Smith for his compliments on an excerpt of his book, and discusses book binding. Crawshay recommends books on the subject of anthropology, and mentions the Ona tribe [Selk'nam indigenous people] of Patagonia. He suggests that Smith contact [Charles Hercules] Read, Keeper of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography at the British Museum,...

2 – Letter to Smith from Richard Crawshay, Melchbourne Vicarage, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, 19 Oct 1907

19th October 1907

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Crawshay writes to congratulate Smith on his promotion [to Director General of the Army Veterinary Service], and mentions that he thought of Smith when he read about the desecration of Paul Kruger's grave. Crawshay writes that he is working hard on research for his forthcoming book 'The Birds of Tierra del Fuego',...

1 – Letter to Smith from Richard Crawshay, Useless Bay [Inutil Bay], Tierra del Fuego, [Chile], 29 Jan 1905

29th January 1905

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Crawshay writes to Smith about his arrival at Punta Arenas five months previously and journey to Tierra del Fuego during the severe winter. He mentions collecting birds, including some species described by Charles Darwin, and some insects and mammals (including the guanaco)...