Letters, 1734-1771

• Correspondence with Farmer, Richard

  • Archive Work ID: letters.farmer_richard
  • Correspondent: Farmer, Richard
  • Language: English
  • Date Range: 1770-
  • Summary: 1 letters (1 from Gray), dated between 1770 and 1770.

  1 Manuscript:

  • • Archive MS ID: letters.0594 (Source: EAD/XML)
    • Title: Gray, Thomas to Farmer, Richard
    • Date: [12 April 1770]
    • Physical Description: A.L., 1 page
    • Language: English
    • Location: W.b.487, no. 5, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., USA <http://www.folger.edu/>
    • Alternate Form: the manuscript is one of many included in several volumes of Garrick-related correspondence, purchased by Mr. Folger from Bernard Quaritch in 1913, Lot 281 in Sotheby Catalogue for 7th and 8th July 1917. This is the "Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books, Autograph Letters . . . including the Library of the Late Bram Stoker, Esq." However, the Garrick items are listed as "Property of a Gentleman," not as part of the Stoker material; a copy is at the British Library, Add. MSS. 5860, 57
    • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 516, vol. iii, 1119-1120; Bibliotheca Farmeriana. A catalogue of the curious, valuable and extensive library, in print and manuscript, of the late Revd. Richard Farmer, ... Which will be sold by auction, ... by Mr. King, ... on Monday, May 7, 1798, ... London: Thomas King, 1798, part of Lot 8102; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLX, vol. iii, 273-274
    • Contents: Incipit: "M^r Gray returns M^r Farmer's Books, with many Thanks.". Sent from Cambridge. Dateline: "12 April.". Address: "Pemb: Hall".
    • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.