Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Measurements
176 x 229 mm; 2 sheet (Extent)
Place of origin
Townhead
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242609.2
Summary
Page 2 of a letter from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 30 January 1934, the letter concerns the arrival of Joseph; Beatrix's poor health through the winter; Beatrix Potter's dogs, Lassie and Fly; lambing and calving; the selection and purchase of Galloway cattle. 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'.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer Joseph Moscrop (fl.1926-1943), recipient