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.
2 Manuscripts:
- Archive MS ID: letters.0208 (Source: EAD/XML)
- Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
- Date: [24 July 1753]
- Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 1 page
- Language: English
- Location: PML 16518 (extra-illustrated copy of Gray's Odes), 5, Department of Literary and Historical Manuscripts (LHMS), Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, USA <http://www.themorgan.org/collection>
- Alternate Form: a photostat is in MS. Toynbee d.32, Bodleian Library, Oxford. Both Mitford (1853) and Tovey (1900) erroneously give Mason as the addressee.
- References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 179, vol. i, 379-380; Correspondence (1853), letter III, 13-16; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CVI, vol. i, 235-236
- Contents: Incipit: "We perform'd our journey, a very agreeable one, within the time". Sent from Durham. to [Cambridge]. Dateline: "July 24. Tuesday". Address: "Durham". Envelope (front): "To / The Revd Mr Brown, M:A: / President of Pembroke Hall Cambridge / By Caxton" Postmark: "DURHAM". In the 1753 letter he gives details of his trip to Durham and the surroundings there;.
- Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
- Archive MS ID: letters.0278 (Source: EAD/XML)
- Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
- Date: 14 August 1757
- Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 1 page
- Language: English
- Location: PML 16518 (extra-illustrated copy of Gray's Odes), 3, Department of Literary and Historical Manuscripts (LHMS), Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, USA <http://www.themorgan.org/collection>
- Alternate Form: a photostat is in MS. Toynbee d.32, Bodleian Library, Oxford
- References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 245, vol. ii, 516; Correspondence (1853), letter XXII, 93-94; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CXLV, vol. i, 344
- Contents: Incipit: "Excuse me, if I begin to wonder a little, that I have heard no news of you". Sent from [Stoke Poges]. to [Cambridge]. Dateline: "Aug: 14. 1757". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Brown M:A: President of Pembroke Hall Cambridge" Postmark: "16 AV". [I]n the 1757 letter Gray asks if Brown received "Dodsley's packet," asks how the Odes has been received at Cambridge, says he has been confined at home, and notes that he has acquired "some volumes of the Great French Encyclopedie.".
- Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
Correspondence with Speed, Henrietta Jane
- Archive Work ID: letters.speed_henrietta
- Correspondent: Speed, Henrietta Jane
- Language: English
- Date Range: 1750-1759
- Summary: 2 letters (2 to Gray), dated between 1750 and 1759.
1 Manuscript:
- Archive MS ID: letters.0347 (Source: EAD/XML)
- Title: Speed, Henrietta Jane to Gray, Thomas
- Date: 25 August 1759
- Physical Description: A.L.S., 3 pages
- Language: English
- Location: PML 16518 (extra-illustrated copy of Gray's Odes), 16, Department of Literary and Historical Manuscripts (LHMS), Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, USA <http://www.themorgan.org/collection>
- Alternate Form: a photostat each is in MS. Toynbee d.32 and c.2, Bodleian Library, Oxford
- References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 300, vol. ii, 636-638; Gray and his Friends (1890), section V, 198-200
- Contents: Incipit: "I wonder whether you think me capable of all the gratitude I really feel". Sent from [Stoke Poges]. Dateline: "25th August 59". Thanking him for his friendship, giving news of Lady Cobham, urging him to go to the country rather than withstanding the heat of London, and commenting on news of the "K. of P." and others. [With notes (a list) on the verso, perhaps in Gray's hand.].
- Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
Correspondence with Walpole, Horace
- Archive Work ID: letters.walpole_horace
- Correspondent: Walpole, Horace
- Language: English
- Date Range: 1734-1771
- Summary: 142 letters (129 from Gray, 13 to Gray), dated between 1734 and 1771.
See also: letter tgal0075 (with Ashton, Thomas)
See also: letter tgal0097 (with Ashton, Thomas)
2 Manuscripts:
- Archive MS ID: letters.0018 (Source: EAD/XML)
- Title: Walpole, Horace to Gray, Thomas
- Date: [15 October 1735]
- Language: English, Latin
- Location: Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, USA <http://www.themorgan.org/collection>
- References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 17, vol. i, 29-33; The Letters of Horace Walpole. Ed., with notes, by Mrs. P. Toynbee. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903-18, vol. i, 4-8; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 16, vol. i, 38-43; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. i, 85-90
- Contents: Incipit: "I believe you saw in the newspaper that I was going to make the tour". Sent from Cambridge. Julian calendar. Dateline: "1735". Address: "From Cambridge".
- Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
- Archive MS ID: letters.0530 (Source: EAD/XML)
- Title: Walpole, Horace to Gray, Thomas
- Date: 8 March 1768
- Language: English
- Location: Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, USA <http://www.themorgan.org/collection>
- Alternate Form: a photocopy is at the Bodleian Library, MS. Facs. b. 48, fols. 94-5
- References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 474, vol. iii, 1025-1027; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 243, vol. ii, 288-290; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 181-184
- Contents: Incipit: "I dont mean to trouble you with any farther Searches; but I must thank you". Sent from London. Dateline: "March 8. 1768". Address: "Arlington Street".
- Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.