Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Measurements
2 sheets (Extent)
Place of origin
Carlisle
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242623.2
Summary
Letter from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 9 January 1940, the letter concerns thanks for Joseph's New Year's present; the Lord's Day Magazine and opinion on Sunday behaviour; call-up of men to the services; extra ploughing for the war effort; poor health of William Heelis and Beatrix's sciatica. 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'. The letter is written over two sheets of paper.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer Joseph Moscrop (fl.1926-1943), recipient