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.

4 Manuscripts:

• • Archive MS ID: letters.0364 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
  • Date: [26 July 1760]
  • Language: English
  • Location: Private collection
  • Alternate Form: Christie's, 14 June 1979 (A. A. Houghton Sale), Lot 237, sold to Fleming
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 316, vol. ii, 687-688; Correspondence (1853), letter LIV, 212-214; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCV, vol. ii, 156-158
  • Contents: Incipit: "I guess what the packet is, and desire you would keep it, for I am". Sent from [London]. Dateline: "July, 1760".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0372 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
  • Date: 25 October 1760
  • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 1 page
  • Language: English
  • Location: Private collection
  • Alternate Form: owned (2008) by Stuart Lutz, Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, 784 Morris Turnpike, Box No. 161, Short Hills, NJ 07078, USA
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 323, vol. ii, 708; Correspondence (1853), letter LVIII, 226-227; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCXI, vol. ii, 173
  • Contents: Incipit: "You will wonder at another letter so soon. it is only to tell you,". Sent from [London]. Dateline: "Oct: 25. 1760". Envelope (front): "To / The Rev^d M^r Brown, President / of Pembroke-Hall / Cambridge" Postmark: "25 OC".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0398 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
  • Date: 22 October 1761
  • Language: English
  • Location: Private collection
  • Alternate Form: a MS copy is at Pembroke College, Cambridge, GBR/1058/GRA/5/6; Christie's, 14 June 1979 (A. A. Houghton Sale), Lot 237, sold to Fleming
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 347, vol. ii, 759-761; The Athenæum, 21 Feb. 1891, printed by Edmund Gosse; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCXXXII, vol. ii, 240-241
  • Contents: Incipit: "I have sent down by Gillam's waggon to-day 28 parcels of different bulks,". Sent from London. to [Cambridge]. Dateline: "Oct: 22. 1761". Address: "London". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Brown President of Pembroke Hall Cambridge".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0414 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to Brown, James
  • Date: 19 July 1762
  • Language: English
  • Location: Private collection
  • Alternate Form: Christie's, 14 June 1979 (A. A. Houghton Sale), Lot 237, sold to Fleming
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 361, vol. ii, 781-782; Correspondence (1853), letter LXXVII, 291-292; Letters (1900-12), vol. ii, xxxii-xxxiii
  • Contents: Incipit: "After my fortnight's residence at York, I am arrived here.". Sent from Durham. Dateline: "July 19, 1762". Address: "Old Park".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.