Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
23 Jan 1939
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
2 sheets (Extent)
Place of origin
Newcastleton
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242621.1
Summary
Page one of a letter, from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 23 January 1939, the letter concerns discussion of war measures - possible exemption from conscription; Joseph must accept lower wages than requested; slump in sheep trade; heifers in calf; Johne's disease in cows at Troutbeck Park; dogs ill at Troutbeck Park, Joseph to bring his own dog. 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