Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
11 Mar 1942
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
1 sheet (Extent)
Place of origin
Bailey
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242633.1
Summary
Letter from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 11 March 1942, the letter concerns Joseph's wage; dog food; the war; one of the horses nearly died; ploughing of field 'little Dawson'; need for sulphate of ammonia for pasture. 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'.
Provenance
Purchased from Sotheby's auction 10 July 2001.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer Joseph Moscrop (fl.1926-1943), recipient