April 17, 1898, page 6–7
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Beatrix Potter
1866–1943
Autograph letter signed, Sidmouth, to Noel Moore, April 17, 1898
April 17, 1898
Gift of Colonel David McC. McKell, 1959
MA 2009.4
Description:
One of Potter's last publications, The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930), contains story ideas that first appeared in her picture letters of the 1890s.
Transcription:
his dog, and Miss Hayward was his servant, and so when he died he left his money to Stumpy, ten shillings a week for the rest of his life!
I am sure I hope Stumpy will live a very long time. It is so convenient for him and Miss Hayward, and "Friday", and "Percy" the cat, to live all together on