Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Joseph Moscrop (fl.1926-1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
19 Feb 1944
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
204 x 126 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242640
Summary
Letter from William Heelis to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 19 February 1944 (Beatrix Potter had died 22 December 1943) the letter concerns William Heelis carrying on the farm business; request for Joseph to attend for the lambing as usual. 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
Joseph Moscrop (fl.1926-1943), recipient William Heelis (1872-1945), writer