Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
24 Mar 1939
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
1 sheet (Extent)
Place of origin
Newcastleton
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242622.1
Summary
Letter from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 24 March 1939, the letter concerns expected date for lambing and for Joseph's arrival; poor weather; calves at Troutbeck Park and Tilberthwaite; reference to Beatrix's absence from home (to go to hospital in Liverpool); Hitler and the risk of war. 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