Envelope
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
30 Mar 1935
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
91 x 150 mm
Place of origin
Carlisle
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242613.2
Summary
Envelope from a letter from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 30 March 1935. Envelope reads 'March 30. 35 Mr Joe Moscrop, Baeburn, Penton, Carlisle'. The envelope has been neatly torn on the top edge and it has a red postage stamp. 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