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Letters, 1734-1771

  • Correspondence with Anstey, Christopher

    • Archive Work ID: letters.anstey_christopher
    • Correspondent: Anstey, Christopher
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1761-
    • Summary: 1 letters (1 from Gray), dated between 1761 and 1761.

    1 Manuscript:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0392 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Anstey, Christopher
      • Date: [September 1761]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 341, vol. ii, 748-749; The Poetical Works of the late Christopher Anstey, Esq, with some account of the life and writings of the author. Ed. by John Anstey, Esq. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808, biographical notice
      • Contents: Incipit: "Every language has its idiom, not only of words and phrases, but of customs".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • Correspondence with Beattie, James

    • Archive Work ID: letters.beattie_james
    • Correspondent: Beattie, James
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1765-1771
    • Summary: 14 letters (9 from Gray, 5 to Gray), dated between 1765 and 1771.

    4 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0464 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Beattie, James to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: 30 August 1765
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 410, vol. ii, 885-886; An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, including many of his original letters, 2 vols. Ed. by Sir William Forbes. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1806, vol. i, 71-72
      • Contents: Incipit: "If I thought it necessary to offer an apology for venturing to address you". Sent from Aberdeen. Dateline: "30th August, 1765". Address: "Marischal College of Aberdeen".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0493 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Beattie, James to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [30 March 1767]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 437, vol. iii, 953-954; Memoirs (1775), section iv, 326 note
      • Contents: Incipit: "A professor at Edinburgh has published an Essay on the History of Civil Society,". Sent from [Aberdeen].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0608 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Beattie, James
      • Date: [2 July 1770]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 529, vol. iii, 1140-1141; Memoirs (1775), letter vii, section v, 383-385; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 299-302; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXIX, vol. iii, 287-289; Works (1816), section V, letter XIV, vol. ii, 557-559; Works (1835-1843), section V, letter XIV, vol. iv, 188-190; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXLVII, vol. ii, 170-172; Works (1814), section V, letter VII, vol. i, 475-477
      • Contents: Incipit: "I rejoice to hear that you are restored to a better state of health,". Sent from [Cambridge].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0624 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Beattie, James
      • Date: [8 March 1771]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 544, vol. iii, 1168-1171; An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, including many of his original letters, 2 vols. Ed. by Sir William Forbes. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1806, vol. i, 196 ff.; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 303-307; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXXIX, vol. iii, 305-311; Works (1835-1843), vol. iv, 309-312
      • Contents: Incipit: "The Minstrel came safe to my hands, and I return you my sincere thanks". Sent from [Cambridge].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • Correspondence with Bonstetten, Charles Victor de

    • Archive Work ID: letters.bonstetten_charles
    • Correspondent: Bonstetten, Charles Victor de
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1770-
    • Summary: 4 letters (4 from Gray), dated between 1770 and 1770.

    3 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0593 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Bonstetten, Charles Victor de
      • Date: [12 April 1770]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 515, vol. iii, 1117-1119; Letters written from various parts of the Continent, between the years 1785 and 1794: containing a variety of anecdotes relative to the present state of literature in Germany, ... With an appendix. In which are included, three letters of Gray's, ... By Frederick Matthisson, translated from the German ..., by Anne Plumptre. London: printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1799, 533-535; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 296-299; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLIX, vol. iii, 271-272; Works (1816), section V, letter X, vol. ii, 549-551; Works (1835-1843), section V, letter X, vol. iv, 178-181
      • Contents: Incipit: "Never did I feel, my dear Bonstetten, to what a tedious length the few". Sent from [Cambridge].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0598 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Bonstetten, Charles Victor de
      • Date: [19 April 1770]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 520, vol. iii, 1127-1128; Letters written from various parts of the Continent, between the years 1785 and 1794: containing a variety of anecdotes relative to the present state of literature in Germany, ... With an appendix. In which are included, three letters of Gray's, ... By Frederick Matthisson, translated from the German ..., by Anne Plumptre. London: printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1799, 533-535; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXIV, vol. iii, 281-282; Works (1816), section V, letter XII, vol. ii, 554-556; Works (1835-1843), section V, letter XII, vol. iv, 185-186
      • Contents: Incipit: "Alas! how do I every moment feel the truth of what I have somewhere read:". Sent from [Cambridge].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0601 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Bonstetten, Charles Victor de
      • Date: [9 May 1770]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 523, vol. iii, 1132; Letters written from various parts of the Continent, between the years 1785 and 1794: containing a variety of anecdotes relative to the present state of literature in Germany, ... With an appendix. In which are included, three letters of Gray's, ... By Frederick Matthisson, translated from the German ..., by Anne Plumptre. London: printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1799, 533-535; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXV, vol. iii, 282-283; Works (1816), section V, letter XIII, vol. ii, 556-557; Works (1835-1843), section V, letter [XIII], vol. iv, 187-188
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am return'd, my dear B., from the little journey I had made into Suffolk". Sent from [Cambridge].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • 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.

    7 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0324 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
      • Date: [28 October 1758]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 281, vol. ii, 590-591; Correspondence (1853), letter XXXVIII, 161-162; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CLXXVI, vol. ii, 56-58
      • Contents: Incipit: "You will not imagine me the less grateful for the long letter you were". Sent from [Stoke Poges].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0386 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
      • Date: [13 June 1761]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 335, vol. ii, 739-740; Correspondence (1853), letter LV, 215; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCVI, vol. ii, 159
      • Contents: Incipit: "This is to inform you that I hope to see you on Monday night at Cambridge.". Sent from [London]. Dateline: "Saturday".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0447 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
      • Date: [25 October 1764]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 394, vol. ii, 847-849; Correspondence (1853), letter LXXXVII, 331-333; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCLXII, vol. iii, 47-48
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am returned from Southampton, since Monday last; have been at Salisbury,". Sent from [London]. Dateline: "Thursday, October 25, 1764". Address: "Jermyn Street".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0448 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
      • Date: [29 October 1764]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 395, vol. ii, 849-851; Correspondence (1853), letter LXXXVIII, 334-337; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCLXIII, vol. iii, 49-51
      • Contents: Incipit: "I was not able to answer your letter on Saturday, but Delly will certainly". Sent from [London]. Dateline: "Monday, Oct., 29, 1764".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0463 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
      • Date: [15 August 1765]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 409, vol. ii, 883-884; Correspondence (1853), letter XCII, 344-346; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCLXXV, vol. iii, 80-81
      • Contents: Incipit: "It is true, I have been lately a very indifferent Correspondent,". Sent from Durham. Dateline: "Thursday. Aug:". Address: "Old Park".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0497 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
      • Date: [28 May 1767]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 441, vol. iii, 958-960; Correspondence (1853), 385-388; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCXCIX, vol. iii, 139-142
      • Contents: Incipit: "How do you do, good Mr. Brown? Do your inclinations begin to draw". Sent from [London].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0563 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
      • Date: [10 October 1769]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 504, vol. iii, 1074; Correspondence (1853), letter CXXVI, 432; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLI, vol. iii, 232
      • Contents: Incipit: "I set out on the 29th September, with poor Doctor Wharton, and lay at". Sent from [Lancaster].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • Correspondence with Butler, J.

    • Archive Work ID: letters.butler_j
    • Correspondent: Butler, J.
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1757-1758
    • Summary: 2 letters (2 to Gray), dated between 1757 and 1758.

    2 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0292 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Butler, J. to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [2 December 1757]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 256*, vol. ii, 540-541; Memoirs (1775), imitations, variations, and additional notes, 93-94
      • Contents: Incipit: "This abrupt execution plunges the reader into that sudden fearful perplexity". Sent from [Andover].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0306 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Butler, J. to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [23 January 1758]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 265*, vol. ii, 558-559; Memoirs (1775), imitations, variations, and additional notes, 88, 90-91
      • Contents: Incipit: "A poet is perhaps never more conciliating than when he praises". Sent from [Andover].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • Correspondence with Clerke, John

    • Archive Work ID: letters.clerke_john
    • Correspondent: Clerke, John
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1760-
    • Summary: 1 letters (1 from Gray), dated between 1760 and 1760.

    1 Manuscript:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0366 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Clerke, John
      • Date: [12 August 1760]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 318, vol. ii, 692-693; Memoirs (1775), letter xxxviii, section iv, 282-283; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 239; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCVIII, vol. ii, 165-166; Works (1816), section IV, letter XC, vol. ii, 361-362; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter XCVIII, vol. iii, 252-254; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CIX, vol. ii, 52-53; Works (1814), section IV, letter XXXVIII, vol. i, 386-387
      • Contents: Incipit: "Not knowing whether you are yet returned from your sea-water, I write". Sent from [Cambridge].
      • 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.

    2 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0644 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Cole, William
      • Date: 7 July 1764
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • Alternate Form: a copy of the letter in the hand of William Cole, annotated in his hand "This I had by Letter from my Friend Mr. Gray of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge, to whom I sent for the Receit, having seen & smelt the odoriferous Jar in his Chambers the year before.", is at Add. MSS 5825, ff. 283b, 284b, Manuscripts collection, British Library, London, UK
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 388**, vol. iii, 1322-1323
      • Contents: Incipit: "Get some coarse brown Bay Salt: this is the sine quâ non, & (by the way)". Sent from Cambridge. Dateline: "July 7. 1764". dateline in the closer. Address: "Cambr". address in the closer.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0618 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Cole, William
      • Date: 22 December 1770
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 539, vol. iii, 1155; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXXV, vol. iii, 298; Works (1835-1843), section V, letter XVI, vol. iv, 194
      • Contents: Incipit: "How did we know, pray? No Body here remember'd another Burying of". Sent from [Cambridge]. Dateline: "Sat: 22. Dec: 1770".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • Correspondence with Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy

    • Archive Work ID: letters.grafton_augustus
    • Correspondent: Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1768-
    • Summary: 1 letters (1 from Gray), dated between 1768 and 1768.

    1 Manuscript:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0535 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy
      • Date: [27/28 July 1768]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 478, vol. iii, 1034; Memoirs (1775), letter lviii, section iv, 331; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXXIX, vol. iii, 198; Works (1816), section IV, letter CXXXVIII, vol. ii, 502; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CLII, vol. iv, 120; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXXXVIII, vol. ii, 126; Works (1814), section IV, letter LVIII, vol. i, 430
      • Contents: Incipit: "Your Grace has dealt nobly with me; and the same delicacy of mind". Sent from [London].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • Correspondence with Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)

    • Archive Work ID: letters.gray_mrs
    • Correspondent: Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1739-1749
    • Summary: 12 letters (12 from Gray), dated between 1739 and 1749.

    12 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0066 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)
      • Date: [1 April 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 59, vol. i, 99-100; Memoirs (1775), letter i, section ii, 41-43; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XIV, vol. i, 15-18; Works (1816), section II, letter I, vol. ii, 34-37; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter I, vol. ii, 37-41; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XIX, vol. i, 35-37; Works (1814), section II, letter I, vol. i, 169-171
      • Contents: Incipit: "As we made but a very short journey to-day, and came to our inn". Sent from [Amiens].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0074 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)
      • Date: [21 June 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 64, vol. i, 112-114; Memoirs (1775), letter iv, section ii, 50-52; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XIX, vol. i, 30-32; Works (1816), section II, letter IV, vol. ii, 44-46; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter IV, vol. ii, 50-53; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXII, vol. i, 44-47; Works (1814), section II, letter IV, vol. i, 177-179
      • Contents: Incipit: "We have now been settled almost three weeks in this city,". Sent from [Reims].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0081 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)
      • Date: [13 October 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 71, vol. i, 121-123; Memoirs (1775), letter viii, section ii, 58-60; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXIV, vol. i, 38-39; Works (1816), section II, letter VIII, vol. ii, 52-54; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter VIII, vol. ii, 60-62; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXVI, vol. i, 52-55; Works (1814), section II, letter VIII, vol. i, 185-186
      • Contents: Incipit: "It is now almost five weeks since I left Dijon, one of the gayest". Sent from [Lyon].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0083 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)
      • Date: [7 November 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 73, vol. i, 125-127; Memoirs (1775), letter x, section ii, 63-65; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXVI, vol. i, 41-43; Works (1816), section II, letter X, vol. ii, 56-58; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter X, vol. ii, 66-69; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXVIII, vol. i, 57-60; Works (1814), section II, letter X, vol. i, 189-191
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am this night arrived here, and have just set down to rest me". Sent from [Turin].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0086 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)
      • Date: [9 December 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 76, vol. i, 131-133; Memoirs (1775), letter xiii, section ii, 70-72; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXIX, vol. i, 47-49; Works (1816), section II, letter XIII, vol. ii, 64-65; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XIII, vol. ii, 75-77; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXXI, vol. i, 65-67; Works (1814), section II, letter XIII, vol. i, 196-197
      • Contents: Incipit: "Our journey hither has taken up much less time than I expected.". Sent from [Bologna].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0087 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)
      • Date: [19 December 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 77, vol. i, 134-136; Memoirs (1775), letter xiv, section ii, 72-74; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXX, vol. i, 49-51; Works (1816), section II, letter XIV, vol. ii, 66-68; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XIV, vol. ii, 77-80; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXXII, vol. i, 67-69; Works (1814), section II, letter XIV, vol. i, 197-199
      • Contents: Incipit: "We spent twelve days at Bologna, chiefly (as most travellers do)". Sent from [Florence].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0092 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)
      • Date: [19 March 1740]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 80, vol. i, 143-144; Memoirs (1775), letter xvii, section ii, 77-78; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXXIII, vol. i, 57-58; Works (1816), section II, letter XVIII, vol. ii, 78; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XVIII, vol. ii, 92-93; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXXV, vol. i, 72-73; Works (1814), section II, letter XVII, vol. i, 202-203
      • Contents: Incipit: "The Pope is at last dead, and we are to set out for Rome on Monday". Sent from [Florence].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0093 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)
      • Date: [2 April 1740]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 81, vol. i, 144-147; Memoirs (1775), letter xviii, section ii, 78-81; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXXIV, vol. i, 58-61; Works (1816), section II, letter XIX, vol. ii, 79-82; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XIX, vol. ii, 93-97; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXXVI, vol. i, 73-76; Works (1814), section II, letter XVIII, vol. i, 203-206
      • Contents: Incipit: "This is the [eighth] day since we came to Rome, but the first hour". Sent from [Rome].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0094 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)
      • Date: [15 April 1740]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 82, vol. i, 147; Memoirs (1775), letter xix, section ii, 82-83; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXXV, vol. i, 61-62; Works (1816), section II, letter XX, vol. ii, 82-83; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XX, vol. ii, 97-98; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXXVII, vol. i, 77-78; Works (1814), section II, letter XIX, vol. i, 206-207
      • Contents: Incipit: "To-day I am just come from paying my adoration at St. Peter's". Sent from [Rome].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0100 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)
      • Date: [14 June 1740]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 88, vol. i, 162-164; Memoirs (1775), letter xxii, section ii, 92-94; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XL, vol. i, 71-72; Works (1816), section II, letter XXIV, vol. ii, 95-97; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XXIV, vol. ii, 113-116; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XL, vol. i, 87-89; Works (1814), section II, letter XXII, vol. i, 216-218
      • Contents: Incipit: "Our journey hither was through the most beautiful part of the finest". Sent from [Naples].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0105 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)
      • Date: [21 August 1740]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 93, vol. i, 173-175; Memoirs (1775), letter xxvi, section ii, 103-104; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XLIV, vol. i, 79-81; Works (1816), section II, letter XXIX, vol. ii, 109-110; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XXIX, vol. ii, 131-133; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XLIV, vol. i, 98-100; Works (1814), section II, letter XXVI, vol. i, 225-227
      • Contents: Incipit: "It is some time since I have had the pleasure of writing to you,". Sent from [Florence].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0171 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy)
      • Date: [7 November 1749]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 151, vol. i, 324-325; Memoirs (1775), letter xii, section iv, 207-208; Letters (1900-12), letter no. LXXXIX, vol. i, 203-204; Works (1816), section IV, letter XXI, vol. ii, 202-203; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter XXVIII, vol. iii, 69-70; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LXXII, vol. i, 156-157; Works (1814), section IV, letter XII, vol. i, 319-320
      • Contents: Incipit: "The unhappy news I have just received from you equally surprises and afflicts me.". Sent from [Cambridge]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • Correspondence with Gray, Philip

    • Archive Work ID: letters.gray_philip
    • Correspondent: Gray, Philip
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1739-1741
    • Summary: 5 letters (5 from Gray), dated between 1739 and 1741.

    5 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0077 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Philip
      • Date: [11 September 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 67, vol. i, 116-117; Memoirs (1775), letter v, section ii, 53-54; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXII, vol. i, 35-36; Works (1816), section II, letter V, vol. ii, 47-48; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter V, vol. ii, 53-54; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXIII, vol. i, 47-48; Works (1814), section II, letter V, vol. i, 180-181
      • Contents: Incipit: "We have made three short days journey of it from Rheims hither,". Sent from [Dijon].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0082 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Philip
      • Date: [25 October 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 72, vol. i, 123-125; Memoirs (1775), letter ix, section ii, 60-62; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXV, vol. i, 39-41; Works (1816), section II, letter IX, vol. ii, 54-56; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter IX, vol. ii, 63-65; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXVII, vol. i, 55-57; Works (1814), section II, letter IX, vol. i, 187-188
      • Contents: Incipit: "In my last I gave you the particulars of our little journey to Geneva:". Sent from [Lyon].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0102 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Philip
      • Date: [10 July 1740]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 90, vol. i, 165-167; Memoirs (1775), letter xxiii, section ii, 95-97; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XLI, vol. i, 73-75; Works (1816), section II, letter XXV, vol. ii, 98-100; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XXV, vol. ii, 116-119; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XLI, vol. i, 89-92; Works (1814), section II, letter XXIII, vol. i, 218-220
      • Contents: Incipit: "At my return to this city, the day before yesterday, I had the pleasure". Sent from [Florence].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0108 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Philip
      • Date: [9 October 1740]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 95, vol. i, 178-179; Memoirs (1775), letter xxviii, section ii, 109-111; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XLVI, vol. i, 83-84; Works (1816), section II, letter XXXI, vol. ii, 113-114; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XXXI, vol. ii, 136-138; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XLVI, vol. i, 104-105; Works (1814), section II, letter XXVIII, vol. i, 231-232
      • Contents: Incipit: "The beginning of next spring is the time determined for our return". Sent from [Florence].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0109 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Gray, Philip
      • Date: [12 January 1741]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 96, vol. i, 179-181; Memoirs (1775), letter xxix, section ii, 111-113; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XLVII, vol. i, 84-86; Works (1816), section II, letter XXXII, vol. ii, 115-116; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XXXII, vol. ii, 138-140; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XLVII, vol. i, 106-107; Works (1814), section II, letter XXIX, vol. i, 233-234
      • Contents: Incipit: "We still continue constant at Florence, at present one of the dullest". Sent from [Florence].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • Correspondence with Mason, William

    • Archive Work ID: letters.mason_william
    • Correspondent: Mason, William
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1751-1771
    • Summary: 99 letters (75 from Gray, 24 to Gray), dated between 1751 and 1771.

    1 Manuscript:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0187 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Mason, William
      • Date: [December 1751]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 165*, vol. i, 357-360; Correspondence (1853), Appendix letter I, 467-470; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 165-170; Letters (1900-12), appendix, vol. ii, 293-298; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CXVI, vol. iv, 1-5
      • Contents: Incipit: "Very bad! I am Yours - equally bad! it is impossible to conciliate". Sent from [Cambridge]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • Correspondence with Nicholls, Norton

    • Archive Work ID: letters.nicholls_norton
    • Correspondent: Nicholls, Norton
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1764-1771
    • Summary: 42 letters (30 from Gray, 12 to Gray), dated between 1764 and 1771.

      See also: letter tgal0555 (with ??)

      See also: letter tgal0574 (with Bonstetten, Charles Victor de)

    13 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0533 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: [29 May 1768]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • Alternate Form: a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 72
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 477, vol. iii, 1033; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXXVIII, vol. iii, 198; Works (1835-1843), letter X, vol. v, 75
      • Contents: Incipit: "Addio! You will have the satisfaction of going to Fischer's concert,". Sent from London. Dateline: "29 May. Sunday". Address: "South:n Row".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0540 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Nicholls, Norton to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: 6 August 1768
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 483, vol. iii, 1041-1042; Works (1835-1843), letter XII, vol. v, 77-79
      • Contents: Incipit: "My dear Mr. Professor of history and modern languages, accept my sincerest". Sent from Blundeston. Dateline: "Aug. 6, 1768". Address: "Blundeston".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0557 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Nicholls, Norton to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: 14 June 1769
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 498, vol. iii, 1062-1064; Works (1835-1843), letter XIX, vol. v, 88-91
      • Contents: Incipit: "I know you think that I have entirely neglected botany, or you would have". Sent from Blundeston. Dateline: "June 14, 1769". Address: "Blundeston".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0559 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Nicholls, Norton to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: 3 July 1769
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • Alternate Form: a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 84
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 500, vol. iii, 1068-1069; Works (1835-1843), letter XXII, vol. v, 95-97
      • Contents: Incipit: "All, alas! is over, and I have been compelled by cruel necessity to figure". Sent from Blundeston. Dateline: "Monday, July 3, 1769". Address: "Blundeston".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0568 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Nicholls, Norton to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: 27 November 1769
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 508, vol. iii, 1085-1087; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLV, vol. iii, 264-266; Works (1835-1843), letter XXIII, vol. v, 97-100
      • Contents: Incipit: "I have two reasons for writing, one because it seems an age to me since I". Sent from Bath. Dateline: "Nov. 27, 1769". Address: "Bath".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0604 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Nicholls, Norton to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [26 May 1770]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • Alternate Form: a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 92
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 526, vol. iii, 1136-1137; Works (1835-1843), letter XXIX, vol. v, 109-111
      • Contents: Incipit: "Why you will not write I can't guess, because if you recollect I was". Sent from [Blundeston]. Dateline: "May 26th.".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0616 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Nicholls, Norton to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [28 November 1770]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 537, vol. iii, 1151-1154; Works (1835-1843), letter XXXIII, vol. v, 115-119
      • Contents: Incipit: "God forbid that I should claim to myself the privilege you mention.". Sent from [Blundeston].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0620 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Nicholls, Norton to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [31 January 1771]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 541, vol. iii, 1158-1162; Works (1835-1843), letter XXXV, vol. v, 121-126
      • Contents: Incipit: "If you knew the pleasure your letters give me, I think you would". Sent from [Blundeston].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0625 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Nicholls, Norton to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [16 March 1771]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 545, vol. iii, 1172-1174; Works (1835-1843), letter XXXVII, vol. v, 130-134
      • Contents: Incipit: "Yesterday I received a letter from De Bonstetten, crammed fuller than it". Sent from [Blundeston].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0632 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Nicholls, Norton to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [29 April 1771]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 549, vol. iii, 1183-1184; Works (1835-1843), letter XXXVIII, vol. v, 134-135
      • Contents: Incipit: "It is six weeks since I received De Bonstetten's letter, in consequence of". Sent from [Blundeston].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0634 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Nicholls, Norton to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [14 May 1771]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 551, vol. iii, 1185-1186; Works (1835-1843), letter XL, vol. v, 137-139
      • Contents: Incipit: "I have just received the enclosed from my poor unfortunate Temple;". Sent from [Blundeston].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0637 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Nicholls, Norton to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [27 May 1771]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 554, vol. iii, 1189-1190; Works (1835-1843), letter XLII, vol. v, 141-142
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am much mortified that you give me so little hopes of your company". Sent from [Blundeston].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0640 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Nicholls, Norton to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [29 June 1771]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 557, vol. iii, 1192-1194; Works (1835-1843), letter XLIV, vol. v, 143-147
      • Contents: Incipit: "Here have I been since Wednesday last! not a word yet from you!". Sent from [Paris].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • Correspondence with Palgrave, William

    • Archive Work ID: letters.palgrave_william
    • Correspondent: Palgrave, William
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1758-1765
    • Summary: 4 letters (4 from Gray), dated between 1758 and 1765.

    3 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0321 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Palgrave, William
      • Date: [6 September 1758]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 278, vol. ii, 586-587; Memoirs (1775), letter xxxiii, section iv, 271-272; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 211-212; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CLXXIII, vol. ii, 49-52; Works (1816), section IV, letter LXXVII, vol. ii, 320-322; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter LXXXV, vol. iii, 204-206; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CIV, vol. ii, 41-42; Works (1814), section IV, letter XXXIII, vol. i, 376-378
      • Contents: Incipit: "I do not know how to make you amends, having neither rock, ruin, or precipice". Sent from [Stoke Poges].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0343 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Palgrave, William
      • Date: [24 July 1759]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 298, vol. ii, 631-632; Memoirs (1775), letter xxxv, section iv, 274-275; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CLXXXIX, vol. ii, 93-94; Works (1816), section IV, letter LXXXIII, vol. ii, 333-334; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter XCI, vol. iii, 219-220; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CVI, vol. ii, 44-45; Works (1814), section IV, letter XXXV, vol. i, 379-380
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am now settled in my new territories commanding Bedford gardens,". Sent from [London].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0453 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Palgrave, William
      • Date: [March 1765]
      • Language: English, Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 400, vol. ii, 866-868; Memoirs (1775), letter xlviii, section iv, 304-308; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 272-275; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCLXVII, vol. iii, 63-67; Works (1816), section IV, letter CXVII, vol. ii, 440-444; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CXXVIII, vol. iv, 41-46; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXXII, vol. ii, 81-86; Works (1814), section IV, letter XLVIII, vol. i, 406-409
      • Contents: Incipit: "My instructions, of which you are so desirous, are two-fold:". Sent from [Cambridge].
      • 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.

    5 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0235 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Stonhewer, Richard
      • Date: [21 August 1755]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 204, vol. i, 432-433; Memoirs (1775), letter xxi, section iv, 240-241; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 178-179; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CXXII, vol. i, 270-271; Works (1816), section IV, letter XLIX, vol. ii, 263-264; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter LVII, vol. iii, 139-141; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LXXXIX, vol. ii, 6-8; Works (1814), section IV, letter XXI, vol. i, 349-350
      • Contents: Incipit: "I thank you for your intelligence about Herculaneum, which was the first". Sent from [Stoke Poges].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0319 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Stonhewer, Richard
      • Date: [18 August 1758]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 276, vol. ii, 582-583; Memoirs (1775), letter xxxi, section iv, 262-264; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 208-211; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CLXXI, vol. ii, 40-46; Works (1816), section IV, letter LXXV, vol. ii, 312-318; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter LXXXIII, vol. iii, 194-202; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CII, vol. ii, 32-38; Works (1814), section IV, letter XXXI, vol. i, 368-370
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am as sorry as you seem to be, that our acquaintance harped so much". Sent from [Stoke Poges].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0363 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Stonhewer, Richard
      • Date: [29 June 1760]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 315, vol. ii, 684-686; Memoirs (1775), letter xxxvii, section iv, 279-281; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 235-236; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCIV, vol. ii, 151-155; Works (1816), section IV, letter LXXXVIII, vol. ii, 353-355; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter XCVI, vol. iii, 243-245; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CVIII, vol. ii, 49-51; Works (1814), section IV, letter XXXVII, vol. i, 383-385
      • Contents: Incipit: "Though you have had but a melancholy employment, it is worthy of envy,". Sent from [London].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0403 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Stonhewer, Richard
      • Date: [December 1761]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 351*, vol. ii, 767; Memoirs (1775), section iv, 287 note
      • Contents: Incipit: "For my part I will stick to my credulity, and if I am cheated, think it worse". Sent from [Cambridge].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0556 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Stonhewer, Richard
      • Date: [12 June 1769]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 497, vol. iii, 1062; Memoirs (1775), section v, 349 note; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXLVI, vol. iii, 224
      • Contents: Incipit: "I did not intend the Duke should have heard me till he could not help it.". Sent from [Cambridge].
      • 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)

    25 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0095 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas and Walpole, Horace to West, Richard
      • Date: 16 April 1740
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 83, vol. i, 148-151; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. iv, 444-446; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 114, vol. i, 283-288; Letters (1900-12), postscript, letter no. XXXVI, vol. i, 62-63; Works (1816), section II, letter XXI, vol. ii, 83-87; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XXI, vol. ii, 99-103; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. i, 206-211
      • Contents: Incipit: "I'll tell you, West, because one is amongst new things, you think". Sent from Rome. Dateline: "April 16, 1740. N.S.". Address: "Rome".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0104 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas and Walpole, Horace to West, Richard
      • Date: 31 July 1740
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 92, vol. i, 170-173; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. iv, 450-452; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 125, vol. i, 324-328; Letters (1900-12), postscript, letter no. XLIII, vol. i, 78-79; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter fragment, 150; Works (1816), section II, letter XXVIII, vol. ii, 106-108; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XXVIII, vol. ii, 127-130; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. i, 225-229
      • Contents: Incipit: "I have advised with the most notable antiquarians of this city". Sent from Florence. Dateline: "July 31, 1740. N.S.". Address: "Florence".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0146 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: [15 December 1746]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 128, vol. i, 257-258; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 389-390; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 158, vol. ii, 59-61; Letters (1900-12), letter no. LXXXII, vol. i, 179-181; Works (1816), section IV, letter XXXII, vol. ii, 226-227; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter XXXIX, vol. iii, 97-98; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LXXX, vol. i, 167-168; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 9-11; Works (1814), appendix, letter VII, vol. i, 547-548
      • Contents: Incipit: "This comes du fond de ma cellule to salute Mr. H. W. not so much". Sent from Cambridge. Julian calendar. Dateline: "Dec. Monday". Address: "Cambridge".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0148 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: January 1747
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 130, vol. i, 262-264; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 384-386; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 159, vol. ii, 61-64; Letters (1900-12), letter no. LXXIII, vol. i, 154-156; Works (1816), section IV, letter X, vol. ii, 170-172; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter XV, vol. iii, 29-32; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LXIII, vol. i, 138-140; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 11-13; Works (1814), appendix, letter II, vol. i, 540-542
      • Contents: Incipit: "It is doubtless an encouragement to continue writing to you,". Sent from [Cambridge]. Julian calendar. Dateline: "January".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0151 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: [22 February 1747]
      • Language: English, Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 133, vol. i, 271-272; Memoirs (1775), letter vi, section iv, 188-189; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 160, vol. ii, 64-67; Letters (1900-12), letter no. LXXIV, vol. i, 156-157; Works (1816), section IV, letter XIII, vol. ii, 178-179; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter XVIII, vol. iii, 39-40; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LXVI, vol. i, 146-147; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 21-22; Works (1814), section IV, letter VI, vol. i, 301-302
      • Contents: Incipit: "As one ought to be particularly careful to avoid blunders in a". Sent from [Cambridge]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0152 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: [1 March 1747]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 134, vol. i, 272; Memoirs (1775), letter vi, section iv, 188-189; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 22-24
      • Contents: Incipit: "Heigh ho! I feel (as you to be sure have done long since) that I have". Sent from [Cambridge]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0157 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: [15 June 1747]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 139, vol. i, 282-286; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 164, vol. ii, 79-84; Letters (1900-12), appendix I, vol. iii, 323-325; Works (1835-1843), vol. v, 217-221; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 26-30
      • Contents: Incipit: "When I received the testimonial of so many considerable personages". Sent from [Cambridge]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0160 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: [November 1747]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 142, vol. i, 288-290; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 388-389; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 149-150; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 167, vol. ii, 87-89; Letters (1900-12), letter no. LXXXIII, vol. i, 181-182; Works (1816), section IV, letter XXXI, vol. ii, 224-225; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter XXXVIII, vol. iii, 95-97; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LXXIX, vol. i, 165-166; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 32-34; Works (1814), appendix, letter VI, vol. i, 546-547
      • Contents: Incipit: "It is a misfortune to me to be at a distance from both of you at present.". Sent from Cambridge. Julian calendar. Dateline: "Nov. Tuesday". Address: "Cambridge".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0173 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: 12 June 1750
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 153, vol. i, 326-327; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 386; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 160-161; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 170, vol. ii, 101-103; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XC, vol. i, 204-205; Works (1816), section IV, letter XXII, vol. ii, 204-205; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter XXIX, vol. iii, 71-72; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LXXIII, vol. i, 157-158; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 43-44; Works (1814), appendix, letter III, vol. i, 542-543
      • Contents: Incipit: "As I live in a place, where even the ordinary tattle of the town". Sent from Stoke Poges. Julian calendar. Dateline: "June 12, 1750". Address: "Stoke".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0179 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: [20 February 1751]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 158, vol. i, 342-343; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 387; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 164; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 172, vol. ii, 105-106; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XCIII, vol. i, 209-210; Works (1816), section IV, letter XXVI, vol. ii, 212-213; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter XXXIII, vol. iii, 80-81; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LXXVII, vol. i, 162-163; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 46; Works (1814), appendix, letter IV, vol. i, 543-544
      • Contents: Incipit: "You have indeed conducted with great decency my little misfortune: ". Sent from Cambridge. Julian calendar. Dateline: "Ash-Wednesday, 1751". Address: "Cambridge".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0180 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: 3 March 1751
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 159, vol. i, 343-345; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 387-388; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 165; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 173, vol. ii, 107-109; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XCIV, vol. i, 210-212; Works (1816), section IV, letter XXVII, vol. ii, 213-214; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter XXXIV, vol. iii, 82-83; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LXXVIII, vol. i, 164-165; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 47-48; Works (1814), appendix, letter V, vol. i, 544-545
      • Contents: Incipit: "Elfrida (for that is the fair one's name) and her author are now in town". Sent from Cambridge. Julian calendar. Dateline: "March 3, 1751". Address: "Cambridge".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0191 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: [August 1752]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 169, vol. i, 363-365; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 392-393; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 180, vol. ii, 123-125; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XCVII, vol. i, 218-220; Works (1816), section IV, letter XXIX, vol. ii, 217-218; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter XXXVI, vol. iii, 87-88; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LXXXII, vol. i, 171-172; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 60-61; Works (1814), appendix, letter VIII, vol. i, 548-549
      • Contents: Incipit: "Your pen was too rapid to mind the common form of a direction,". Sent from [Stoke Poges]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0273 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: 11 July 1757
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 240, vol. ii, 507-508; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 397-398; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 204, vol. ii, 169-171; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CXLII, vol. i, 339-340; Works (1816), section IV, letter LIX, vol. ii, 283; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter LXVII, vol. iii, 161-162; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XCIV, vol. ii, 16; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 97-98; Works (1814), appendix, letter X, vol. i, 552-553
      • Contents: Incipit: "I will not give you the trouble of sending your chaise for me.". Sent from Stoke Poges. Dateline: "July 11, 1757". Address: "Stoke".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0357 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: [April 1760]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 310, vol. ii, 664-665; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 398; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 229; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 212, vol. ii, 182-184; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CXCVIII, vol. ii, 127-128; Works (1816), section IV, letter LX, vol. ii, 284-285; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter LXVIII, vol. iii, 162-163; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XCV, vol. ii, 16-17; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 105-106; Works (1814), appendix, letter XI, vol. i, 553-554
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am so charmed with the two specimens of Erse poetry, that I cannot help". Sent from [London].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0369 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: 2 September 1760
      • Physical Description: A.L., 3 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • Alternate Form: a photostat is in MS. Toynbee c.2, Bodleian Library, Oxford
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 320, vol. ii, 696-703; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 239-241; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 215, vol. ii, 186-206; Letters (1900-12), appendix II, vol. iii, 325-341; Works (1835-1843), vol. v, 199-216; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 107-116
      • Contents: Incipit: "My Enquiries, & the Information I am able to give you in consequence". Sent from Cambridge. Dateline: "Sept: 2. 1760". Address: "Cambr:".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0378 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: [December 1760]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 328, vol. ii, 717; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 399; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 217, vol. ii, 207-208; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCXV, vol. ii, 187-188; Works (1816), section IV, letter LXI, vol. ii, 285; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter LXIX, vol. iii, 164; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XCVI, vol. ii, 18; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 118; Works (1814), appendix, letter XII, vol. i, 554
      • Contents: Incipit: "I have been very ill this week with a great cold and a fever,". Sent from [London].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0409 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: 28 February 1762
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 356, vol. ii, 774-776; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 399-403; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 220, vol. ii, 210-213; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCXXXIX, vol. ii, 253-255; Works (1816), section IV, letter CIII, vol. ii, 397-398; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CXI, vol. iii, 293-295; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXIV, vol. ii, 62-63; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 121-123; Works (1814), appendix, letter XIII, vol. i, 554-559
      • Contents: Incipit: "I return you my best thanks for the copy of your book, which you sent". Sent from [Cambridge]. Dateline: "Sunday, February 28, 1762".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0472 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: [13 December 1765]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 418, vol. ii, 906-908; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 359-361; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 234, vol. ii, 244-248; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCLXXX, vol. iii, 97-100; Works (1816), section IV, letter CXXIV, vol. ii, 461-464; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CXXXV, vol. iv, 67-70; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXXVI, vol. ii, 98-101; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 146-148; Works (1814), appendix, letter XVI, vol. i, 561-563
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am very much obliged to you for the detail you enter into on the subject". Sent from [Cambridge].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0474 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Walpole, Horace to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [25 January 1766]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 419, vol. iii, 911-919; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 361-367; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 235, vol. ii, 248-260; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 148-157
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am much indebted to you for your kind letter and advice;". Sent from [Paris]. Dateline: "January 25, 1766". Address: "Paris".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0524 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: 14 February 1768
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 468, vol. iii, 1006-1009; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 368-370; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 287-292; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 238, vol. ii, 264-269; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXXIII, vol. iii, 180-185; Works (1816), section IV, letter CXXXV, vol. ii, 492-496; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CXLVIII, vol. iv, 104-109; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXXXV, vol. ii, 116-120; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 161-166; Works (1814), appendix, letter XVII, vol. i, 563-567
      • Contents: Incipit: "I received the book you were so good to send me, and have read it again". Sent from Cambridge. Dateline: "Feb. 14, 1768". Address: "Pembroke College".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0526 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Walpole, Horace to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: 18 February 1768
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 470, vol. iii, 1013-1017; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 371-374; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 239, vol. ii, 270-276; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 166-171
      • Contents: Incipit: "You have sent me a long and very obliging letter, and yet I am extremely". Sent from London. Dateline: "February 18, 1768". Address: "Arlington-street".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0527 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: 25 February 1768
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 471, vol. iii, 1017-1020; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 374-376; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 292-293; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 240, vol. ii, 276-281; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXXIV, vol. iii, 186-190; Works (1816), section IV, letter CXXXVI, vol. ii, 496-499; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CXLIX, vol. iv, 110-114; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXXXVI, vol. ii, 120-124; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 171-175; Works (1814), appendix, letter XVIII, vol. i, 567-570
      • Contents: Incipit: "To your friendly accusation, I am glad I can plead not guilty with a safe". Sent from Cambridge. Dateline: "Feb. 25, 1768". Address: "Pembroke-college".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0528 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Walpole, Horace to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [26 February 1768]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 472, vol. iii, 1021-1023; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 376-378; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 241, vol. ii, 281-285; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 175-178
      • Contents: Incipit: "I plague you to death, but I must reply a few more words.". Sent from London. Dateline: "Friday night, February 26". Address: "Arlington-street".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0529 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: 6 March 1768
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 473, vol. iii, 1024-1025; Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, 5 vols. (1798), vol. v, 379-380; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 294-296; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 242, vol. ii, 285-288; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXXV, vol. iii, 190-192; Works (1816), section IV, letter CXXXVII, vol. ii, 500-502; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CL, vol. iv, 114-116; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXXXVII, vol. ii, 124-126; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 178-181
      • Contents: Incipit: "Here is sir William Cornwallis, entitled Essayes of certaine Paradoxes.". Sent from Cambridge. Dateline: "March 6, 1768". Address: "Pembroke-hall".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0626 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Walpole, Horace
      • Date: [17 March 1771]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 545*, vol. iii, 1175; Memoirs (1775), section v, 385 note; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. ii, 187-188
      • Contents: Incipit: "He must have a very good stomach that can digest the Crambe recocta ". Sent from [Cambridge].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • Correspondence with Warton, Thomas

    • Archive Work ID: letters.warton_thomas
    • Correspondent: Warton, Thomas
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1770-
    • Summary: 2 letters (1 from Gray, 1 to Gray), dated between 1770 and 1770.

    1 Manuscript:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0596 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Warton, Thomas
      • Date: 15 April 1770
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • Alternate Form: a copy of the letter is in Add. MSS 42560, ff. 219-220, Manuscripts collection, British Library, London, UK
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 518, vol. iii, 1122-1125; Gentleman's Magazine, Feb. 1783, vol. liii, 100; Works (1816), appendix D., vol. i, lxxxviii-xc; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXII, vol. iii, 276-279
      • Contents: Incipit: "Our Friend Dr. Hurd having long ago desired me in your name to communicate". Sent from Cambridge. Dateline: "15 April. 1770". Address: "Pembroke Hall".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • 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)

    41 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0019 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [14 November 1735]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 18, vol. i, 33-34; Memoirs (1775), letter i, section i, 6-7; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 20, vol. i, 51; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 3, 68-69; Works (1814), section I, letter I, vol. i, 137-138; Works (1816), section I, letter I, vol. ii, 1-2; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter I, vol. ii, 1-2; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter I, vol. i, 5-6
      • Contents: Incipit: "You use me very cruelly: You have sent me but one letter". Sent from [Oxford]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0020 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [20 December 1735]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 19, vol. i, 34-35; Memoirs (1775), letter ii, section i, 7-8; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 21, vol. i, 52-53; Letters (1900-12), letter no. I, vol. i, 1; Works (1816), section I, letter II, vol. ii, 2-4; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter II, vol. ii, 2-4; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter II, vol. i, 6-8; Works (1814), section I, letter II, vol. i, 138-140
      • Contents: Incipit: "Permit me again to write to you, though I have so long neglected". Sent from [Cambridge]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0025 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [24 May 1736 or earlier]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 22**, vol. i, 41-42; Memoirs (1775), section i, 8-10
      • Contents: Incipit: "I send you my translation, which I did not engage in because I liked". Sent from [Cambridge]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0026 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [24 May 1736]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 23, vol. i, 42-43; Memoirs (1775), letter iii, section i, 10-11; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 31, vol. i, 74-75; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 4, 70-71; Works (1816), section I, letter III, vol. ii, 4-5; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter III, vol. ii, 4-7; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter III, vol. i, 8-9; Works (1814), section I, letter III, vol. i, 141-142
      • Contents: Incipit: "I agree with you that you have broke Statius's head". Sent from [Oxford]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0036 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [December 1736]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 33, vol. i, 56-57; Memoirs (1775), letter iv, section i, 12-14; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 48, vol. i, 112-114; Letters (1900-12), letter no. IV, vol. i, 3-4; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter fragment, 84; Works (1816), section I, letter IV, vol. ii, 7-9; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter IV, vol. ii, 7-10; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter IV, vol. i, 10-11; Works (1814), section I, letter IV, vol. i, 143-144
      • Contents: Incipit: "You must know that I do not take degrees, and, after this term". Sent from [Cambridge]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0037 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [22 December 1736]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 34, vol. i, 57-58; Memoirs (1775), letter v, section i, 14-16; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 49, vol. i, 114-116; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 11, 85-88; Works (1816), section I, letter V, vol. ii, 9-11; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter V, vol. ii, 10-12; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter V, vol. i, 12-13; Works (1814), section I, letter V, vol. i, 145-146
      • Contents: Incipit: "I congratulate you on your being about to leave college". Sent from [Oxford]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0040 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [March 1737]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 37, vol. i, 61; Memoirs (1775), section i, 36-37, note; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 55, vol. i, 128-129
      • Contents: Incipit: "I learn Italian like any dragon, and in two months am got through". Sent from [Cambridge]. to [Oxford]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0041 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [4 July 1737]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 38, vol. i, 61-64; Memoirs (1775), letter vii, section i, 18-22; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 58, vol. i, 139-142; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 14, 95-98; Works (1816), section I, letter VII, vol. ii, 13-16; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter VII, vol. ii, 15-18; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter VII, vol. i, 15-19; Works (1814), section I, letter VII, vol. i, 148-152
      • Contents: Incipit: "I have been very ill, and am still hardly recovered.". Sent from [Oxford]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0043 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [22 August 1737]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 40, vol. i, 66; Memoirs (1775), letter viii, section i, 22-23; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 63, vol. i, 153-154; Letters (1900-12), letter no. VI, vol. i, 6-7; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter fragment, 101-102; Works (1816), section I, letter VIII, vol. ii, 17; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter VIII, vol. ii, 19-20; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter VIII, vol. i, 19-20; Works (1814), section I, letter VIII, vol. i, 152-153
      • Contents: Incipit: "After a month's expectation of you, and a fortnight's despair". Sent from [London]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0047 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [2 December 1737]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 43, vol. i, 70-71; Memoirs (1775), letter xi, section i, 26-28; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 69, vol. i, 164-165; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 17, 103-105; Works (1816), section I, letter XI, vol. ii, 21-22; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter XI, vol. ii, 24-25; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XI, vol. i, 23-24; Works (1814), section I, letter XI, vol. i, 156-157
      • Contents: Incipit: "Receiving no Answer to my last letter, which I writ above a month ago". Sent from [Oxford]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0051 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [22 January 1738]
      • Language: Latin, Greek
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 47, vol. i, 77-78; Memoirs (1775), letter xii, section i, 28-29; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 74, vol. i, 175-177; Letters (1900-12), letter no. IX, vol. i, 10-11; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 18, 105-107; Works (1816), section I, letter XII, vol. ii, 23-24; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter XII, vol. ii, 26-27; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XII, vol. i, 24-26; Works (1814), section I, letter XII, vol. i, 157-158
      • Contents: Incipit: "Literas, mi Favoni, abs te demum nudiustertius, credo, accepi;". Sent from [Cambridge]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0052 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [21 February 1738]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 48, vol. i, 78-79; Memoirs (1775), letter xiii, section i, 29-30; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 75, vol. i, 177-178; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 19, 107-108; Works (1816), section I, letter XIII, vol. ii, 24-25; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter XIII, vol. ii, 27-28; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XIII, vol. i, 26-27; Works (1814), section I, letter XIII, vol. i, 158-159
      • Contents: Incipit: "I ought to answer you in Latin, but I feel I dare not enter the lists". Sent from [London]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0057 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [June 1738]
      • Language: Latin, Greek
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 53, vol. i, 85-87; Memoirs (1775), letter xiv, section i, 30-33; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 79, vol. i, 184-187; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XI, vol. i, 12-13; Works (1816), section I, letter XIV, vol. ii, 25-26; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter XIV, vol. ii, 29; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XIV, vol. i, 27-29; Works (1814), section I, letter XIV, vol. i, 159-161
      • Contents: Incipit: "Ohe! amicule noster, et unde, sodes, tu". Sent from [Cambridge]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0059 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [29 August 1738]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 55, vol. i, 88-89; Memoirs (1775), letter xv, section i, 33-34; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 81, vol. i, 189-190; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 20, 115; Works (1816), section I, letter XV, vol. ii, 26; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter XV, vol. ii, 29-30; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XV, vol. i, 29-30; Works (1814), section I, letter XV, vol. i, 162
      • Contents: Incipit: "I return you a thousand thanks for your elegant ode, and wish you". Sent from [London]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0061 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [September 1738]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 56, vol. i, 89-90; Memoirs (1775), letter xvii, section i, 36; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 84, vol. i, 197-198; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XIII, vol. i, 14-15; Works (1816), section I, letter XVII, vol. ii, 28-29; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter XVII, vol. ii, 32-33; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XVII, vol. i, 32; Works (1814), section I, letter XVII, vol. i, 164
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am coming away all so fast, and leaving behind me, without the least remorse". Sent from [Cambridge]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0062 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [17 September 1738]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 57, vol. i, 91-92; Memoirs (1775), letter xviii, section i, 37-39; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 85, vol. i, 198-200; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 22, 117-119; Works (1816), section I, letter XVIII, vol. ii, 30-31; Works (1835-1843), section I, letter XVIII, vol. ii, 34-35; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XVIII, vol. i, 33-34; Works (1814), section I, letter XVIII, vol. i, 165-167
      • Contents: Incipit: "I thank you again and again for your two last most agreeable letters". Sent from [London]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0064 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [December 1738]
      • Language: English, Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 58*, vol. i, 93-94; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 139, vol. ii, 17-19; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 34, 154-155; Letters (1900-12), letter no. L, vol. i, 93-94
      • Contents: Incipit: "As I know you are a lover of Curiosities, I send you the following". Sent from [London]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0065 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [January 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • Alternate Form: transcript in Gray's Commonplace Book
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 58**, vol. i, 95-99; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, 119-123
      • Contents: Incipit: "IMITATION OF HORACE. Lib: I: Ep: 2: Trojani belli scriptorem, &c:". Sent from [Epsom]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0067 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [12 April 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 60, vol. i, 101-104; Memoirs (1775), letter ii, section ii, 44-47; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 122-124; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 87, vol. i, 201-206; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XV, vol. i, 18-23; Works (1816), section II, letter II, vol. ii, 38-41; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter II, vol. ii, 42-46; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XX, vol. i, 37-41; Works (1814), section II, letter II, vol. i, 171-174
      • Contents: Incipit: "Enfin donc me voici à Paris. Mr. Walpole is gone out to supper". Sent from [Paris].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0070 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [15 and 22 May 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 62, vol. i, 106-109; Memoirs (1775), letter iii, section ii, 47-50; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 125-129; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 91, vol. i, 217-220; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XVII, vol. i, 25-28; Works (1816), section II, letter III, vol. ii, 41-44; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter III, vol. ii, 46-50; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXI, vol. i, 41-44; Works (1814), section II, letter III, vol. i, 175-177
      • Contents: Incipit: "After the little particulars aforesaid I should have proceeded". Sent from [Paris].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0078 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [18 September 1739]
      • Language: English, French
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 68, vol. i, 117-119; Memoirs (1775), letter vi, section ii, 54-56; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 99, vol. i, 240-243; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXIII, vol. i, 36-37; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter fragment, 131; Works (1816), section II, letter VI, vol. ii, 48-50; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter VI, vol. ii, 55-57; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXIV, vol. i, 48-50; Works (1814), section II, letter VI, vol. i, 181-183
      • Contents: Incipit: "Scavez vous bien, mon cher ami, que je vous hais, que je vous deteste?". Sent from [Lyon].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0080 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [28 September 1739]
      • Language: English, Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 70, vol. i, 120-121; Memoirs (1775), letter vii, section ii, 56-58; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 102, vol. i, 248-250; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 25, 132-133; Works (1816), section II, letter VII, vol. ii, 50-51; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter VII, vol. ii, 58-59; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXV, vol. i, 51-52; Works (1814), section II, letter VII, vol. i, 183-184
      • Contents: Incipit: "If wishes could turn to realities, I would fling down my law books,". Sent from [London]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0084 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [16 November 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 74, vol. i, 127-129; Memoirs (1775), letter xi, section ii, 65-68; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 129-131; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 105, vol. i, 258-261; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXVII, vol. i, 43-46; Works (1816), section II, letter XI, vol. ii, 59-61; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XI, vol. ii, 69-72; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXIX, vol. i, 60-63; Works (1814), section II, letter XI, vol. i, 191-193
      • Contents: Incipit: "After eight days journey through Greenland, we arrived at Turin.". Sent from [Turin].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0085 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [21 November 1739]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 75, vol. i, 129-131; Memoirs (1775), letter xii, section ii, 68-70; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 106, vol. i, 261-263; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXVIII, vol. i, 46-47; Works (1816), section II, letter XII, vol. ii, 62-63; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XII, vol. ii, 73-75; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXX, vol. i, 63-65; Works (1814), section II, letter XII, vol. i, 194-195
      • Contents: Incipit: "At least if they do not, they have a very ill taste; for I never beheld". Sent from [Genoa].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0088 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [15 January 1740]
      • Language: English, Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 78, vol. i, 136-137; Memoirs (1775), letter xv, section ii, 75; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 109, vol. i, 270-271; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXXI, vol. i, 51-52; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter fragment, 140; Works (1816), section II, letter XV, vol. ii, 68-69; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XV, vol. ii, 81; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXXIII, vol. i, 70; Works (1814), section II, letter XV, vol. i, 200
      • Contents: Incipit: "I think I have not yet told you how we left that charming place Genoa:". Sent from [Florence].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0096 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [April 1740]
      • Language: Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 84, vol. i, 151-152; Memoirs (1775), letter xvi, section ii, 76-77; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 115, vol. i, 288-289; Works (1816), section II, letter XVI, vol. ii, 69-70; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XVI, vol. ii, 82-83; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXXIV, vol. i, 71-72; Works (1814), section II, letter XVI, vol. i, 201-202
      • Contents: Incipit: "Ergo desidiæ videor tibi crimine dignus;". Sent from [London]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0099 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [May 1740]
      • Language: English, Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 87, vol. i, 158-162; Memoirs (1775), letter xxi, section ii, 87-92; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 119, vol. i, 302-307; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXXIX, vol. i, 68-70; Works (1816), section II, letter XXIII, vol. ii, 92-95; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XXIII, vol. ii, 109-112; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXXIX, vol. i, 82-86; Works (1814), section II, letter XXI, vol. i, 211-215
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am to-day just returned from Alba, a good deal fatigued;". Sent from [Rome].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0098 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [20 and 21 May 1740]
      • Language: English, Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 86, vol. i, 155-158; Memoirs (1775), letter xx, section ii, 83-87; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 118, vol. i, 298-302; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXXVIII, vol. i, 65-68; Works (1816), section II, letter XXII, vol. ii, 88-91; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XXII, vol. ii, 104-108; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XXXVIII, vol. i, 78-82; Works (1814), section II, letter XX, vol. i, 207-211
      • Contents: Incipit: "This day being in the palace of his Highness the Duke of Modena". Sent from [Tivoli].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0101 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [16 June 1740]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 89, vol. i, 164-165; Memoirs (1775), letter xxiv, section ii, 97-99; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 121, vol. i, 311-313; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 29, 142-144; Works (1816), section II, letter XXVI, vol. ii, 100-101; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XXVI, vol. ii, 119-121; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XLII, vol. i, 92-93; Works (1814), section II, letter XXIV, vol. i, 220-221
      • Contents: Incipit: "I lived at the Temple till I was sick of it: I have just left it,". Sent from [London]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0103 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [16 July 1740]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 91, vol. i, 167-170; Memoirs (1775), letter xxv, section ii, 99-102; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 124, vol. i, 320-324; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XLII, vol. i, 75-78; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter fragment, 144; Works (1816), section II, letter XXVII, vol. ii, 102-105; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XXVII, vol. ii, 121-126; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XLIII, vol. i, 94-97; Works (1814), section II, letter XXV, vol. i, 222-225
      • Contents: Incipit: "You do yourself and me justice, in imagining that you merit,". Sent from [Florence].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0107 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [25 September 1740]
      • Language: English, Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 94, vol. i, 175-178; Memoirs (1775), letter xxvii, section ii, 105-109; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 127, vol. i, 333-337; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XLV, vol. i, 81-83; Works (1816), section II, letter XXX, vol. ii, 111-113; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XXX, vol. ii, 133-136; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XLV, vol. i, 100-104; Works (1814), section II, letter XXVII, vol. i, 227-231
      • Contents: Incipit: "What I send you now, as long as it is, is but a piece of a poem.". Sent from [Florence].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0112 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [21 April 1741]
      • Language: English, Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 97, vol. i, 181-183; Memoirs (1775), letter xxx, section ii, 113-116; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 134, vol. ii, 4-8; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XLVIII, vol. i, 86-89; Works (1816), section II, letter XXXIII, vol. ii, 117-119; Works (1835-1843), section II, letter XXXIII, vol. ii, 141-144; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XLVIII, vol. i, 108-111; Works (1814), section II, letter XXX, vol. i, 235-237
      • Contents: Incipit: "I know not what degree of satisfaction it will give you to be told". Sent from [Florence].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0116 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [28 March 1742]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 100, vol. i, 187-188; Memoirs (1775), letter i, section iii, 121-122; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 140, vol. ii, 20; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 35, 156-157; Works (1816), section III, letter I, vol. ii, 121; Works (1835-1843), section III, letter I, vol. ii, 145; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XLIX, vol. i, 111-112; Works (1814), section III, letter I, vol. i, 242
      • Contents: Incipit: "I write to make you write, for I have not much to tell you.". Sent from [Pope's]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0117 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [1 April 1742]
      • Language: English, Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 101, vol. i, 188-189; Memoirs (1775), letter ii, section iii, 122-123; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 131-132; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 141, vol. ii, 20-22; Letters (1900-12), letter no. LI, vol. i, 94-96; Works (1816), section III, letter II, vol. ii, 122-123; Works (1835-1843), section III, letter II, vol. ii, 146-147; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter L, vol. i, 112-114; Works (1814), section III, letter II, vol. i, 243-244
      • Contents: Incipit: "I trust to the country, and that easy indolence you say you enjoy there". Sent from [London]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0118 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [4 April 1742]
      • Language: English, Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 102, vol. i, 189-191; Memoirs (1775), letter iii, section iii, 136-137; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 142, vol. ii, 22-24; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 36, 157-159; Works (1816), section III, letter III, vol. ii, 124-125; Works (1835-1843), section III, letter III, vol. ii, 148-150; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LI, vol. i, 114-115; Works (1814), section III, letter III, vol. i, 255-257
      • Contents: Incipit: "I own in general I think Agrippina's speech too long;". Sent from [Pope's]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0119 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [8 April 1742]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 103, vol. i, 191-194; Memoirs (1775), letter iv, section iii, 138-141; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 132-135; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 143, vol. ii, 25-29; Letters (1900-12), letter no. LII, vol. i, 96-100; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter fragment, 159-160; Works (1816), section III, letter IV, vol. ii, 126-129; Works (1835-1843), section III, letter IV, vol. ii, 150-155; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LII, vol. i, 116-119; Works (1814), section III, letter IV, vol. i, 257-260
      • Contents: Incipit: "You are the first who ever made a Muse of a Cough;". Sent from [London]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0120 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [12 April 1742]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 104, vol. i, 194-195; Memoirs (1775), letter v, section iii, 142-144; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 145, vol. ii, 30-33; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 37, 160-163; Works (1816), section III, letter V, vol. ii, 130-132; Works (1835-1843), section III, letter V, vol. ii, 155-158; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LIII, vol. i, 119-122; Works (1814), section III, letter V, vol. i, 261-263
      • Contents: Incipit: "To begin with the conclusion of your letter, which is Greek". Sent from [Pope's]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0122 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [5 May 1742]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 106, vol. i, 200-201; Memoirs (1775), letter vii, section iii, 146-148; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 148, vol. ii, 37-39; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 39, 164-166; Works (1816), section III, letter VII, vol. ii, 134-135; Works (1835-1843), section III, letter VII, vol. ii, 160-162; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LV, vol. i, 123-125; Works (1814), section III, letter VII, vol. i, 264-266
      • Contents: Incipit: "Without any preface I come to your verses, which I read over and over". Sent from [Pope's]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0123 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [8 May 1742]
      • Language: English, Latin, Greek
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 107, vol. i, 201-202; Memoirs (1775), letter viii, section iii, 148-150; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 136-138; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 149, vol. ii, 40-41; Letters (1900-12), letter no. LIV, vol. i, 101-102; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter fragment, 166; Works (1816), section III, letter VIII, vol. ii, 136-137; Works (1835-1843), section III, letter VIII, vol. ii, 162-164; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LVI, vol. i, 125-126; Works (1814), section III, letter VIII, vol. i, 266-267
      • Contents: Incipit: "I rejoice to see you putting up your prayers to the May:". Sent from [London]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0124 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: West, Richard to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: [11 May 1742]
      • Language: English, Latin
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 108, vol. i, 203; Memoirs (1775), letter ix, section iii, 150; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 150, vol. ii, 41-42; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 40, 166-168; Works (1816), section III, letter IX, vol. ii, 137-138; Works (1835-1843), section III, letter IX, vol. ii, 164; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LVII, vol. i, 126-127; Works (1814), section III, letter IX, vol. i, 268
      • Contents: Incipit: "Your fragment is in Aulus Gellius; and both it and your Greek delicious.". Sent from [Pope's]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0127 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
      • Date: [27 May 1742]
      • Language: English, Latin, Greek
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 110, vol. i, 209-213; Memoirs (1775), letter x, section iii, 151-155; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 139-141; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 151, vol. ii, 42-47; Letters (1900-12), letter no. LV, vol. i, 102-105; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter fragment, 168-169; Works (1816), section III, letter X, vol. ii, 138-140; Works (1835-1843), section III, letter X, vol. ii, 165-168; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LVIII, vol. i, 127-130; Works (1814), section III, letter X, vol. i, 268-272
      • Contents: Incipit: "Mine, you are to know, is a white Melancholy, or rather Leucocholy". Sent from [London]. Julian calendar.
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


  • Correspondence with Wharton, Thomas

    • Archive Work ID: letters.wharton_thomas
    • Correspondent: Wharton, Thomas
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1740-1771
    • Summary: 99 letters (99 from Gray), dated between 1740 and 1771.

      See also: letter tgal0562 (with Mason, William)

    1 Manuscript:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0310 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Wharton, Thomas
      • Date: [8 March 1758]
      • Language: English
      • Location: [unlocated]
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 268, vol. ii, 565-567; Memoirs (1775), letter xxix, section iv, 259-260; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 204-206; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CLXIV, vol. ii, 24-25; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CI, vol. ii, 30-32; Works (1814), section IV, letter XXX, vol. i, 367-368
      • Contents: Incipit: "It is indeed for want of spirits, as you suspect, that my studies lie among". Sent from [Cambridge].
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.


Contents

  • Collection: Letters, 1734-1771
  • Location: unlocated
  • Correspondents: 18
  • Manuscripts: 128

Correspondents