Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Measurements
79 x 135 mm
Place of origin
Carlisle
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242627.2
Summary
Small envelope for a letter from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 21 June 1941. 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 June 21. 41. There are two addresses one to Mr Joeseph Moscrop which has been crossed out and the other to Mr Beaty, Saughtrees, Bailey, Newcastleton ,Roxburghshire. The envelope has been torn along the top edge and it has a blue postage stamp.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer Joseph Moscrop (fl.1926-1943), recipient