Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Joseph Moscrop (fl.1926-1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
28 Feb 1944
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
205 x 126 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
Place of origin
Bailey
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242641.1
Summary
Letter from William Heelis to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 28 February 1944, the letter states the impossibility of meeting Joseph's requested wage. 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