Correspondence with Ashton, Thomas

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

1 Manuscript:

• • Archive MS ID: letters.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.