Correspondence with Brown, James

• Archive Work ID: letters.brown_james
• Correspondent: Brown, James
• Language: English
• Date Range: 1753-1771
• Summary: 43 letters (43 from Gray), dated between 1753 and 1771.

2 Manuscripts:

• • Archive MS ID: letters.0420 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
  • Date: [17 February 1763 or earlier]
  • Physical Description: A.L., 1 page, 226 mm x 186 mm
  • Language: English
  • Location: Add. MSS 26889, ff. 23-24, Manuscripts collection, British Library, London, UK <https://bl.libguides.com/reference-services/manuscripts>
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 367, vol. ii, 797-798; Memoirs (1775), letter xlv, section iv, 300-301; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 257-258; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCXLIX, vol. iii, 8-9; Works (1816), section IV, letter CVI, vol. ii, 410-411; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CXVII, vol. iv, 6-7; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXVII, vol. ii, 73-74; Works (1814), section IV, letter XLV, vol. i, 402-403
  • Contents: Incipit: "You will make my best acknowledgements to M^r Howe, who not content". Sent from [Cambridge].
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0445 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
  • Date: [1/8 October 1764]
  • Physical Description: A.L., 2 pages, 226 mm x 188 mm
  • Language: English
  • Location: Add. MSS 19918, f. 17, Manuscripts collection, British Library, London, UK <https://bl.libguides.com/reference-services/manuscripts>
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 392, vol. ii, 843-844; Correspondence (1853), letter LXXXVI, 328-330; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCLX, vol. iii, 40-42
  • Contents: Incipit: "I received your letter, before I left London, & sit down to write to you". Sent from Southampton. Dateline: "Monday". Address: "Southampton, at M^r Vining's, Plumber, in High-Steet - - - - -".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.