Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
5 Dec 1940
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
87 x 132 x 1 mm
Place of origin
Carlisle
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242624.3
Summary
Envelope that accompanies a letter from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park from 1926. Envelope is dated Dec. 5. 40. It is addressed to Mr. J. Moscrop, Troughfoot, Roweltown, Carlisle and features a blue postage stamp. 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'.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer Joseph Moscrop (fl.1926-1943), recipient