Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Measurements
97 x 119 mm
Place of origin
Carlisle
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242623.3
Summary
Small envelope for a letter from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 9 January 1940. 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 envelope is dated Jan 9. 40. and addressed to Mr Joseph Moscrop, Troughfoot, Roweltown ,Carlise. The envelope has been torn across the top edge and there is a red postage stamp.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer Joseph Moscrop (fl.1926-1943), recipient