Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
8 Jan 1943
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
195 x 128 mm; 195 mm (Height); 259 mm (Width); 1 sheets (Extent)
Place of origin
Bailey
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242636
Summary
Letter, with envelope, from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 8 January 1943, the letter concerns New year wishes; Mrs Walker's health; weather; root crops at Troutbeck Park; ploughing and Westmorland Agricultural Committee, possible ploughing of High Calf Parrock; War news cheering; illness amongst relatives, friends and neighbours. 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