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Letters, 1734-1771

  • Correspondence with Antrobus, Mary

    • Archive Work ID: letters.antrobus_mary
    • Correspondent: Antrobus, Mary
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1758-1768
    • Summary: 9 letters (9 from Gray), dated between 1758 and 1768.

    1 Manuscript:

      • [MS image]Archive MS ID: letters.0340 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Antrobus, Mary
      • Date: [3 May 1759 or later]
      • Language: English
      • Location: 33 1 copy 10, The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University Library, New Haven, CT (Beinecke)/Farmington, CT (Lewis Walpole), USA <http://www.library.yale.edu/>
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 295, vol. ii, 623-624
      • Contents: Incipit: "Remember then, I expect you on Saturday to dine, as I said before.". Sent from [London]. to [London]. Dateline: "Thursday". dateline in the closer. [Note of 4 1/2 lines, 4to, undated and unsigned, saying he expects her to dinner on Saturday unless he hears by the Penny Post. Sold at Sotheby's, 8 July 1915 (Lot 383); present whereabouts unknown [see below for updated information]. The name of addressee and date are conjectural. On 3 May Gray had written to Mary Antrobus to say how glad he should be to see her in town (see Letter 293 [letters.0338]). The reference to the Penny Post shows that the addressee must have been in London, and it is not unreasonable to suggest that the letter was addressed to Mary Antrobus soon after the letter of 3 May.].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • Correspondence with Ashton, Thomas

    • Archive Work ID: letters.ashton_thomas
    • Correspondent: Ashton, Thomas
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1738-1742
    • Summary: 7 letters (7 from Gray), dated between 1738 and 1742.

    1 Manuscript:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0068 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Ashton, Thomas
      • Date: [21 April 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: Misc. MSS, The Lewis Walpole Library, Manuscript Collections, Yale University Library, New Haven, CT (Beinecke)/Farmington, CT (Lewis Walpole), USA <http://www.library.yale.edu/>
      • Alternate Form: a MS transcript is at the British Library, Add. MSS 32562, ff. 153-156
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 61, vol. i, 104-106; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 89, vol. i, 211-213; Gray and his Friends (1890), section I, letter no. 2, 39-41; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XVI, vol. i, 23-25
      • Contents: Incipit: "You and West have made us happy to night in a heap of letters". Sent from Paris. Dateline: "April 21. N.S.". Address: "Paris-Hotel de Luxembourg. Rue des petits Augustins".
      • 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)

    6 Manuscripts:


  • Correspondence with West, Richard

    • Archive Work ID: letters.west_richard
    • Correspondent: West, Richard
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1735-1742
    • Summary: 44 letters (27 from Gray, 17 to Gray), dated between 1735 and 1742.

      See also: letter tgal0079 (with Walpole, Horace)

      See also: letter tgal0095 (with Walpole, Horace)

      See also: letter tgal0104 (with Walpole, Horace)

    1 Manuscript:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0641 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [22 May 1737]
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; the margins are damaged; envelope, 3 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: Misc. MSS, The Lewis Walpole Library, Manuscript Collections, Yale University Library, New Haven, CT (Beinecke)/Farmington, CT (Lewis Walpole), USA <http://www.library.yale.edu/>
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 37*, vol. iii, 1315-1319; The Times Literary Supplement, 23 Oct. 1937, 776
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am qualified with full and ample powers to treat with you in the names". Sent from [Cambridge]. to [Oxford]. Julian calendar. Envelope (front): "To / Richard West, Esq. / at Christ-Church in / Oxford" Postmark: "23 MA".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


Contents

  • Collection: Letters, 1734-1771
  • Location: Yale University Library
  • Correspondents: 5
  • Manuscripts: 13

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