Letters, 1734-1771

• Correspondence with Brown, James

  • Archive Work ID: letters.brown_james
  • Correspondent: Brown, James
  • Language: English
  • Date Range: 1753-1771
  • Summary: 43 letters (43 from Gray), dated between 1753 and 1771.

  4 Manuscripts:

  • • Archive MS ID: letters.0322 (Source: EAD/XML)
    • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
    • Date: 7 September 1758
    • Physical Description: A.L.S., 1s. (2p.)
    • Language: English
    • Location: Houghton Library, Lowell autograph, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA <http://library.harvard.edu/>
    • Alternate Form: a photostat is in MS. Toynbee d.32, Bodleian Library, Oxford
    • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 279, vol. ii, 587-589; Correspondence (1853), letter XXXVII, 157-161; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CLXXIV, vol. ii, 52-54
    • Contents: Incipit: "It is always time to write, (whether Louisbourg be taken, or not) & I am". Sent from [Stoke Poges]. to [Cambridge]. Dateline: "Sept: 7. 1758". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Brown, M:A:, President of Pembroke Hall Cambridge" Postmark: "8 SE".
    • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
    
    
  • • Archive MS ID: letters.0643 (Source: EAD/XML)
    • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
    • Date: [3 June 1764]
    • Physical Description: A.L.; envelope, 2 pages
    • Language: English
    • Location: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA <http://library.harvard.edu/>
    • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 388*, vol. iii, 1320-1322
    • Contents: Incipit: "I received M^r Talbot's letter from Bath, & hear today, that he is". Sent from [London]. Envelope (front): "To / the Rev^d M^r Brown / President of Pembroke Hall, / Cambridge" Postmark: "JV 7".
    • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
    
    
  • • Archive MS ID: letters.0476 (Source: EAD/XML)
    • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
    • Date: 15 May 1766
    • Physical Description: A.L.S., 1s. (2p.)
    • Language: English
    • Location: fMS Eng 945 (18), Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA <http://library.harvard.edu/>
    • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 421, vol. iii, 924-926; Correspondence (1853), letter XCVII, 356-358; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCLXXXII, vol. iii, 105-108
    • Contents: Incipit: "To-morrow morning I set out for Canterbury. If any letter comes, I believe". Sent from London. Dateline: "May 15, 1766". Address: "Jermyn Street".
    • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
    
    
  • • Archive MS ID: letters.0532 (Source: EAD/XML)
    • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
    • Date: 27 April 1768
    • Physical Description: A.L.S., 1s. (3p.)
    • Language: English
    • Location: fMS Eng 870 (52a), Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA <http://library.harvard.edu/>
    • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 476, vol. iii, 1030-1032; Correspondence (1853), letter CXX, 415-417; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXXVII, vol. iii, 195-197
    • Contents: Incipit: "By this time I conclude, you are return'd to Cambridge: tho' I thought it". Sent from London. Dateline: "April 27, 1768". Address: "Southampton Row".
    • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
    
    
  
  

• Correspondence with Cole, William

  • Archive Work ID: letters.cole_william
  • Correspondent: Cole, William
  • Language: English
  • Date Range: 1748-1770
  • Summary: 3 letters (3 from Gray), dated between 1748 and 1770.

  1 Manuscript:

  • • Archive MS ID: letters.0166 (Source: EAD/XML)
    • Title: Gray, Thomas to Cole, William
    • Date: [1748]
    • Language: English
    • Location: fMS Hyde 77, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA <http://library.harvard.edu/>
    • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 147, vol. i, 312
    • Contents: Incipit: "M^r. Gray desires M^r. Cole would lend him the 2^d V: of y^e Biogr: Britann:;". Sent from [Cambridge]. Julian calendar.
    • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
    
    
  
  

• Correspondence with Stonhewer, Richard

  • Archive Work ID: letters.stonhewer_richard
  • Correspondent: Stonhewer, Richard
  • Language: English
  • Date Range: 1755-1769
  • Summary: 6 letters (6 from Gray), dated between 1755 and 1769.

  1 Manuscript:

  • • Archive MS ID: letters.0566 (Source: EAD/XML)
    • Title: Gray, Thomas to Stonhewer, Richard
    • Date: 2 November 1769
    • Language: English
    • Location: fMS Hyde 77, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA <http://library.harvard.edu/>
    • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 507, vol. iii, 1081; Correspondence (1853), letter CXXVII, 433-434; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLII, vol. iii, 239
    • Contents: Incipit: "I am sincerely pleased with every mark of your kindness, & as such I look". Sent from Cambridge. to Durham. Dateline: "Nov: 2. 1769". Address: "Camb:^ge". Envelope (front): "To Richard Stonhewer, Esq. at Durham By Caxton-bag" Postmark: "CAMBRIDGE".
    • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.