Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
10 Feb 1938
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
1 sheet (Extent)
Place of origin
Carlisle
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242618
Summary
Letter, with envelope, from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 10 February 1938, the letter concerns response to request for pay rise - rising wages 'inspired by a boom which went slump?'; prices depressed at autumn fairs; wool was a good price, now dropped; severe winter weather; concern over cattle at Troutbeck Park, the younger cows not as sound as the original stock, signs of Johne's disease (intestinal infection). 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