Envelope
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Measurements
95 x 120 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
Place of origin
Carlisle
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242593.2
Summary
Envelope for a letter from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 13 January 1928,.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'. Small envelope addressed to Mr Joe Moscrop, Town Head, Newcastleton, Carlisle. It has a red postage stamp and is dated Jan 13 28.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer Joseph Moscrop (fl.1926-1943), recipient