Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
25 Jun 1927
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
95 x 120 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
Place of origin
Allanwater
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242592
Summary
Letter, with envelope, from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 25 June 1927, the letter concerns having found a man for the hay harvest but poor weather; wages for hiring labour; behindhand with sheep clipping; drought; trouble with foxes; the bull improved. Part of a collection of letters, Beatrix Potter's Lake District Letters to Joseph Moscrop, edited and transcribed by Judy Taylor and published (1988) as 'Beatrix Potter's Farming Friendship, Lake District Letters to Joseph Moscrop 1926-1943'.
Provenance
Purchased from Sotheby's auction 10 July 2001.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer Joseph Moscrop (fl.1926-1943), recipient