Correspondence with Ashton, Thomas

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

7 Manuscripts:

• • Archive MS ID: letters.0058 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to Ashton, Thomas
  • Date: [30 June 1738]
  • Language: English
  • Location: Private collection
  • Alternate Form: Sotheby's, 21 July 1981, Lot 500, sold to Bolus; a photocopy is at the British Library, RP 2202; a MS transcript is at the British Library, Add. MSS 32562, ff. 140-141
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 54, vol. i, 87-88; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 80, vol. i, 187-189; Gray and his Friends (1890), section I, letter no. 1, 37-38; Letters (1900-12), letter no. X, vol. i, 11-12
  • Contents: Incipit: "It seems you have forgot the poor little tenement in which you". Sent from Cambridge. to [London]. Julian calendar. Dateline: "June 30". Address: "Cambridge". Envelope (front): "To / Mr Ashton, at the Honble Mrs Lewis's, / in Hanover Square, London".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0068 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to Ashton, Thomas
  • Date: [21 April 1739]
  • Language: English
  • Location: Misc. MSS, The Lewis Walpole Library, Manuscript Collections, Yale University Library, New Haven, CT (Beinecke)/Farmington, CT (Lewis Walpole), USA <http://www.library.yale.edu/>
  • Alternate Form: a MS transcript is at the British Library, Add. MSS 32562, ff. 153-156
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 61, vol. i, 104-106; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 89, vol. i, 211-213; Gray and his Friends (1890), section I, letter no. 2, 39-41; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XVI, vol. i, 23-25
  • Contents: Incipit: "You and West have made us happy to night in a heap of letters". Sent from Paris. Dateline: "April 21. N.S.". Address: "Paris-Hotel de Luxembourg. Rue des petits Augustins".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0071 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to Ashton, Thomas
  • Date: [29 May 1739]
  • Language: English
  • Location: HM 7417, Department of Manuscripts, Huntington Manuscripts, The Huntington, San Marino, CA, USA <https://www.huntington.org/library-collections>
  • Alternate Form: a photograph is at Pembroke College, Cambridge, GBR/1058/GRA/5/4; a photocopy is at the Bodleian Library, MS. Facs. b. 77, fol. 90b; a MS transcript is at the British Library, Add. MSS 32562, ff. 144-147
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 63, vol. i, 109-111; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 92, vol. i, 221-224; Gray and his Friends (1890), section I, letter no. 3, 41-45; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 124-125; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XVIII, vol. i, 28-30
  • Contents: Incipit: "I shall not make you any excuses, because I can't: I shall not try". Sent from Paris. Dateline: "May 29. N:S: Friday-night". Address: "Paris".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0075 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas and Walpole, Horace to Ashton, Thomas
  • Date: [July 1739]
  • Language: English
  • Location: Private collection
  • Alternate Form: Sotheby's, 21 July 1981, Lot 501, owned by Lawrence G. Blackmon; a photocopy is at the British Library, RP 3096; a MS transcript is at the British Library, Add. MSS 32562, ff. 151-152
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 65, vol. i, 114-115; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 96, vol. i, 236-237; Gray and his Friends (1890), section I, letter no. 4, 45-47; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XX, vol. i, 32-33; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. i, 176-177
  • Contents: Incipit: "The exceeding Slowness and Sterility of me, & this Place". Sent from Reims. to [London]. Dateline: "July". Address: "Rheims". Envelope (front): "To / Mr Ashton at Mrs Lewes's / Hanover Square London. / Franc à Paris. / pour l'Angleterre".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0076 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to Ashton, Thomas
  • Date: 25 August 1739
  • Language: English
  • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
  • Alternate Form: a MS transcript is at the British Library, Add. MSS 32562, ff. 148-150
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 66, vol. i, 115-116; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 97, vol. i, 237-239; Gray and his Friends (1890), section I, letter no. 5, 47-48; Letters (1900-12), letter no. XXI, vol. i, 33-34
  • Contents: Incipit: "I am not so ignorant of Pain myself as to be able to hear of". Sent from Reims. to [London]. Dateline: "25 Aug: N:S". Address: "Rheims". Envelope (front): "To / Mr Ashton at Mrs Lewes's / in Hanover Square London / Franc a Paris. / pour l'Angleterre / franc jusqu'a Paris.".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0097 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas and Walpole, Horace to Ashton, Thomas
  • Date: [14 May 1740]
  • Language: English
  • Location: Private collection
  • Alternate Form: a photograph is at Pembroke College, Cambridge, GBR/1058/GRA/5/4; a MS transcript is at the British Library, Add. MSS 32562, ff. 128-134; a photostat is in MS. Toynbee c.2, Bodleian Library, Oxford
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 85, vol. i, 152-155; Gray and his Friends (1890), section I, letter no. 6, 49-54; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 117, vol. i, 293-297; Letters (1900-12), postscript, letter no. XXXVII, vol. i, 63-65; Walpole's Correspondence (1948), vol. i, 214-218
  • Contents: Incipit: "Boileau's Discord dwelt in a College of Monks. At present the Lady". Sent from Rome. Dateline: "May 14, 1740. N.S.". Address: "Rome".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0129 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to Ashton, Thomas
  • Date: [17 June 1742]
  • Language: English
  • Location: Maine Historical Society, Portland, ME, USA <http://www.mainehistory.org/>
  • Alternate Form: a MS transcript is at the British Library, Add. MSS 32562, ff. 142-143
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 111, vol. i, 213-214; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 153, vol. ii, 48-49; Gray and his Friends (1890), section II, letter no. 42, 170-171; Letters (1900-12), letter no. LVII, vol. i, 111
  • Contents: Incipit: "This melancholy day is the first that I have had any notice of my Loss". Sent from Stoke Poges. Julian calendar. Dateline: "June 17- 1742". Address: "Stoke".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.