Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
23 Jun 1941
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
89 x 135 x 1 mm
Place of origin
Bailey
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242628.2
Summary
Envelope accompanying a Letter from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. The envelope is dated June 23. 41 and addressed to Mr. Joseph Moscrop, Saughtrees, Bailey, Newcastleton, Roxburghshire. It has been torn along the top edge and there is 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