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Correspondence with How, William Taylor

    • Archive Work ID: letters.how_william
    • Correspondent: How, William Taylor
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1763-1768
    • Summary: 6 letters (3 from Gray, 3 to Gray), dated between 1763 and 1768.

    6 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0423 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: How, William Taylor to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: 25 April 1763
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 2 pages, 246 mm x 184 mm
      • Language: English
      • Location: Add. MSS 26889, ff. 25-26, Manuscripts collection, British Library, London, UK <https://bl.libguides.com/reference-services/manuscripts>
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 370, vol. ii, 800
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am desired by Count Algarotti to forward the two inclosed Letters to". Sent from Pisa. Dateline: "April 25.th 1763". dateline in the closer. Address: "Pisa". address in the closer. Envelope (front): "To / Thomas Gray Esq / at Pembroke Hall / Cambridge / Inghilterra" Postmark: "9 MA".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0428 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to How, William Taylor
      • Date: 10 September 1763
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 2 pages, 226 mm x 185 mm
      • Language: English
      • Location: Add. MSS 26889, ff. 40-41, Manuscripts collection, British Library, London, UK <https://bl.libguides.com/reference-services/manuscripts>
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 375, vol. ii, 813-815; Memoirs (1775), letter viii, section v, 386-387; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 264-266; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCLV, vol. iii, 26-27; Works (1816), section IV, letter CX, vol. ii, 422-423; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CXXI, vol. iv, 20-22; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXX, vol. ii, 77-79; Works (1814), section V, letter VIII, vol. i, 477-480
      • Contents: Incipit: "I ought long since to have made you my acknowledgements for the obliging". Sent from Cambridge. Dateline: "Sept: 10. 1763". Address: "Cambridge". Envelope (front): "To / William Taylor-How, Esq".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0431 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: How, William Taylor to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: 29 September 1763
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 3 pages, 228 mm x 186 mm
      • Language: English
      • Location: Add. MSS 26889, ff. 50-51, Manuscripts collection, British Library, London, UK <https://bl.libguides.com/reference-services/manuscripts>
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 378, vol. ii, 819-821
      • Contents: Incipit: "I was made happy in the receipt of your Favour last Thursday morning,". Sent from Spa. Dateline: "Sept. 29th. 1763". dateline in the closer. Address: "Spa". address in the closer. Envelope (front): "To / Thomas Gray Esq / at Pembroke Hall / Cambridge / Angleterra" Postmark: "30 SE".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0434 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: How, William Taylor to Gray, Thomas
      • Date: 8 November 1763
      • Physical Description: A.L.S., 3 pages, 227 mm x 189 mm
      • Language: English
      • Location: Add. MSS 26889, ff. 54-55, Manuscripts collection, British Library, London, UK <https://bl.libguides.com/reference-services/manuscripts>
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 381, vol. ii, 825-826; Memoirs (1775), section v, 388; Works (1816), section IV, extract of a letter, vol. ii, 424-425; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CXXI, vol. iv, 22-24
      • Contents: Incipit: "As in the Letter, with which you honoured me of late, you expressed a". Sent from Brussels. Dateline: "Novr. 8.th 1763". Address: "Brussels".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0435 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to How, William Taylor
      • Date: [8 November 1763 or later]
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 2 pages, 233 mm x 194 mm
      • Language: English
      • Location: Add. MSS 26889, ff. 52-53, Manuscripts collection, British Library, London, UK <https://bl.libguides.com/reference-services/manuscripts>
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 382, vol. ii, 827-828; Memoirs (1775), letter viii, section v, 386-387; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 268; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCLVII, vol. iii, 29-31; Works (1816), section IV, letter CXII, vol. ii, 427-429; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CXXIII, vol. iv, 26-28
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am ashamed of my own indolence in not answering your former letter:". Sent from London. to Brussels. Dateline: "Nov: 1763". Address: "London". Envelope (front): "A Monsr / Monsieur Taylor-How, Gentilhomme Anglois a / Bruxelles".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0518 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to How, William Taylor
      • Date: 12 January 1768
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 2 pages, 228 mm x 184 mm
      • Language: English
      • Location: Add. MSS 26889, ff. 81-82, Manuscripts collection, British Library, London, UK <https://bl.libguides.com/reference-services/manuscripts>
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 462, vol. iii, 995-997; Memoirs (1775), letter ix, section v, 389-391; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 284-287; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXVIII, vol. iii, 173-174; Works (1816), section IV, letter CXXXIII, vol. ii, 488-490; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CXLIV, vol. iv, 98-100; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXXXIII, vol. ii, 112-114; Works (1814), section V, letter IX, vol. i, 480-481
      • Contents: Incipit: "You perceive by Mr Brown's letter, that I pass'd all the summer in the North". Sent from Cambridge. to [Chipping Ongar]. Dateline: "Jan: 12. 1768". Address: "Cambr: Pemb: Coll:". Envelope (front): "To / William Taylor-How Esq, at / Stondon-Place near Ongar / Essex" Postmark: "13 IA".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

Contents

  • Collection: Letters, 1734-1771
  • Correspondent: How, William Taylor
  • Manuscripts: 6

Manuscripts