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Correspondence with Nicholls, Norton

    • Archive Work ID: letters.nicholls_norton
    • Correspondent: Nicholls, Norton
    • Language: English
    • Date Range: 1764-1771
    • Summary: 42 letters (30 from Gray, 12 to Gray), dated between 1764 and 1771.

      See also: letter tgal0555 (with ??)

      See also: letter tgal0574 (with Bonstetten, Charles Victor de)

    29 Manuscripts:

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0449 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 19 November 1764
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 3 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 45
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 397, vol. ii, 851-855; Memoirs (1775), letter vi, section v, 380-382; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCLXIV, vol. iii, 51-54; Works (1816), section IV, letter CXV, vol. ii, 436-438; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CXXVI, vol. iv, 36-39; Works (1835-1843), letter I, vol. v, 57-60; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXLVI, vol. ii, 167-170; Works (1814), section V, letter VI, vol. i, 473-475
      • Contents: Incipit: "I received your letter at Southampton, & as I would wish to treat". Sent from [London]. to [Ripon]. Dateline: "Monday. 19 Nov: 1764". Envelope (front): "To Norton Nicholls Esq at Charles Floyer's Esq of Hollinclose-Hall near Rippon Yorkshire" Postmark: "20 NO".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0477 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 26 August 1766
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 3 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 51
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 422, vol. iii, 926-929; Memoirs (1775), letter x, section v, 391-392; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCLXXXIII, vol. iii, 109-112; Works (1816), section IV, letter CXXIII, vol. ii, 460-461; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CXXXIV, vol. iv, 65-67; Works (1835-1843), letter II, vol. v, 60-62; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXXIX, vol. ii, 105-106; Works (1814), section V, letter X, vol. i, 482-483
      • Contents: Incipit: "It is long since that I heard you were gone in hast into Yorkshire". Sent from Cambridge. to [Ripon]. Dateline: "Aug: 26. 1766". Address: "Pemb: Hall". Envelope (front): "To Norton Nicholls Esq at Charles Floyers Esq of Hollinclose near Rippon Yorkshire".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0480 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 23 September 1766
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 2 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 53
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 425, vol. iii, 935-936; Memoirs (1775), letter i, section v, 343-345; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCLXXXVI, vol. iii, 119-120; Works (1816), section V, letter II, vol. ii, 511-512; Works (1835-1843), section V, letter II, vol. iv, 130-132; Works (1835-1843), letter III, vol. v, 63-64; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXLI, vol. ii, 129-131; Works (1814), section V, letter I, vol. i, 441-443
      • Contents: Incipit: "I was absent in Suffolk, & did not receive your melancholy letter". Sent from Cambridge. to [Ripon]. Dateline: "Sept: 23. 1766". Address: "Pemb: C:". Envelope (front): "To Norton Nicholls Esq at Hollin-close Hall near Rippon Yorkshire" Postmark: "SAFFRON WALDEN 24 SE".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0485 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: [13 October 1766]
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 2 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 55
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 429, vol. iii, 940-942; Memoirs (1775), section v, 344-345; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCLXXXIX, vol. iii, 123-125; Works (1835-1843), letter IV, vol. v, 65-66
      • Contents: Incipit: "I have received a second instance of your kindness & confidence in me.". Sent from [London]. to [Ripon]. Envelope (front): "To Norton-Nicholls Esq at Hollin-close near Rippon Yorkshire" Postmark: "14 OC".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0488 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 19 January 1767
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 3 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 58
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 432, vol. iii, 946-948; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCXCII, vol. iii, 130-132; Works (1835-1843), letter V, vol. v, 67-69
      • Contents: Incipit: "Do not think, I forget you all this time: nothing less!". Sent from Cambridge. to [Ripon]. Dateline: "Jan: 19. 1767". Address: "Pemb: C:". Envelope (front): "To Norton Nicholls Esq at Hollinclose near Rippon Yorkshire" Postmark: "[illeg.]".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0511 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 5 November 1767
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 1 page
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 67
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 455, vol. iii, 979; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXIII, vol. iii, 161; Works (1835-1843), letter VI, vol. v, 69
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am come, & shall rejoice to congratulate you face to face on your". Sent from London. to [Richmond]. Dateline: "5 Nov: 1767". Address: "Jermyn-Street". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Capt:n Floyer's in Richmond Surrey" Postmark: "5 NO".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0512 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: [17 December 1767]
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 2 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 76
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 456, vol. iii, 980-981; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXXXIX, vol. iii, 214-215; Works (1835-1843), letter XV, vol. v, 83-85
      • Contents: Incipit: "You have indeed brought yourself into a little scrape.". Sent from [Cambridge]. to [Richmond]. Envelope (front): "To the Revd Mr Nicholls at Richmond in Surrey" Postmark: "SAFFRON WALDEN 18 D[E]".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0516 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 31 December 1767
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 3 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 69
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 460, vol. iii, 991-992; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXVI, vol. iii, 168-170; Works (1835-1843), section V, letter IV, vol. iv, 136; Works (1835-1843), letter VII, vol. v, 69-71
      • Contents: Incipit: "Write by all means forthwith to Ld L:, give a little into his way". Sent from [Cambridge]. Dateline: "Dec: 31. 1767". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0520 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 28 January 1768
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 1 page
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 70
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 464, vol. iii, 998-999; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXXI, vol. iii, 178; Works (1835-1843), letter VIII, vol. v, 72
      • Contents: Incipit: "I and mine are safe, & well, but the chambers opposite to me". Sent from Cambridge. to [London]. Dateline: "28 Jan: 1768". Address: "P: Coll:". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Augustus Floyer's Esq in Thrift-Street, Soho London" Postmark: "28 IA [ROYS]TON".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0523 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 3 February 1768
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 2 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 71
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 467, vol. iii, 1005-1006; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXXII, vol. iii, 179-180; Works (1835-1843), letter IX, vol. v, 73-74
      • Contents: Incipit: "I intend to return you the letters by tomorrow's Fly, if nothing hinders.". Sent from Cambridge. to [London]. Dateline: "Wednesday. 3 Feb: 1768". Address: "Pemb: Coll:". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Augustus Floyer's Esq in Thrift-Street, Soho London" Postmark: "CAMBRIDGE 4 FE".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0539 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 3 August 1768
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 2 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 73
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 482, vol. iii, 1039-1040; Memoirs (1775), letter lix, section iv, 332; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXXXIII, vol. iii, 205-206; Works (1816), section IV, letter CXL, vol. ii, 505; Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter CLV, vol. iv, 125-126; Works (1835-1843), letter XI, vol. v, 75-77; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXXXIX, vol. ii, 127; Works (1814), section IV, letter LIX, vol. i, 431
      • Contents: Incipit: "That Mr. Brockett has broke his neck, you will have seen in the News-papers;". Sent from London. to Blundeston. Dateline: "3 Aug: 1768". Address: "Jermyn-Street (Mr Roberts's)". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoff Suffolk" Postmark: "3 AV DW".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0542 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 27 August 1768
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 1 page
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 74
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 485, vol. iii, 1045; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXXXV, vol. iii, 208; Works (1835-1843), letter XIII, vol. v, 80
      • Contents: Incipit: "I hope in God, before now you have given Mr Barrett his answer.". Sent from London. to Blundeston. Dateline: "Sat: 27 Aug: 1768". Address: "Jermyn-Street". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoff Suffolk" Postmark: "27 AV".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0545 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 8 November 1768
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 2 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 75
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 488, vol. iii, 1049-1051; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXXXVIII, vol. iii, 212-214; Works (1835-1843), letter XIV, vol. v, 81-83
      • Contents: Incipit: "Not a single word, since we parted at Norwich, & for ought I know,". Sent from Cambridge. to Blundeston. Dateline: "Nov: 8. 1768". Address: "Pemb: Coll:". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoff Suffolk By Yarmouth" Postmark: "GREAT YARMOUTH".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0548 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 2 January 1769
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 1 page
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 78
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 490, vol. iii, 1053-1054; Memoirs (1775), letter ii, section v, 346-347; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXLI, vol. iii, 218-219; Works (1835-1843), letter XVII, vol. v, 86-87
      • Contents: Incipit: "Here am I once again, & have sold my estate, & got a thousand guineas,". Sent from Cambridge. to Blundeston. Dateline: "2 Jan: 1769". Address: "Pemb: Coll:". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoffe Suffolk By Yarmouth" Postmark: "CAMBRIDGE".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0549 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 26 January 1769
      • Physical Description: A.L.S., 1 page
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 79
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 491, vol. iii, 1054-1055; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXLII, vol. iii, 219; Works (1835-1843), letter XVIII, vol. v, 87
      • Contents: Incipit: "Are you not well, or what has happen'd to you? it is better than three weeks". Sent from Cambridge. Dateline: "Jan: 26. 1769". Address: "Pemb: Hall".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0558 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 24 June 1769
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 4 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 499, vol. iii, 1065-1068; Memoirs (1775), letter ii, section v, 346-348; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCXLVII, vol. iii, 225-228; Works (1816), section V, letter III, vol. ii, 513-515; Works (1835-1843), section V, letter III, vol. iv, 133-136; Works (1835-1843), letter XX, vol. v, 91-94; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXLII, vol. ii, 131-133; Works (1814), section V, letter II, vol. i, 443-445
      • Contents: Incipit: "And so you have a garden of your own, & you plant & transplant & are dirty". Sent from Cambridge. to Blundeston. Dateline: "24 June. 1769". Address: "Pemb: Coll:". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoff, Suffolk By Norwich" Postmark: "CAMBRIDGE".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0577 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 20 March 1770
      • Physical Description: A.L.; envelope, 2 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 90
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 513, vol. iii, 1113-1114; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLVII, vol. iii, 267-269; Works (1835-1843), letter XXV, vol. v, 103-104
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am sorry for your disappointments & my own. do not believe, that I am". Sent from [Cambridge]. to Blundeston. Dateline: "March 20. 1770". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoff Suffolk By Yarmouth" Postmark: "CAMBRIDGE".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0588 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 4 April 1770
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 2 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 94
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 514, vol. iii, 1115-1116; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLVIII, vol. iii, 269-270; Works (1835-1843), letter XXVI, vol. v, 104-106
      • Contents: Incipit: "At length, my dear Sr, we have lost our poor de B:n I pack'd him up with". Sent from Cambridge. to Blundeston. Dateline: "4 April. 1770". Address: "P: Hall:". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoff Suffolk By Yarmouth" Postmark: "CAMBRIDGE".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0595 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 14 April 1770
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 3 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 95
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 517, vol. iii, 1121-1122; Memoirs (1775), letter xi, section v, 393; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 299; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXI, vol. iii, 274-276; Works (1835-1843), letter XXVII, vol. v, 106-108
      • Contents: Incipit: "I thought my mysteries were but too easy to explain, however you must have". Sent from Cambridge. to Blundeston. Dateline: "14 Apr: 1770". Address: "Camb:". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoff Suffolk By Yarmouth" Postmark: "CAMBRIDGE".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0602 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 22 May 1770
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 2 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 96
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 524, vol. iii, 1133-1134; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXVI, vol. iii, 283-284; Works (1835-1843), letter XXVIII, vol. v, 108-109
      • Contents: Incipit: "When I return'd to Cambridge, I found a long letter from De B: expressing". Sent from London. to Blundeston. Dateline: "22 May. 1770". Address: "Jermyn-Str:t". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoff Suffolk" Postmark: "22 MA".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0605 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: [2 June 1770]
      • Physical Description: A.L.; envelope, 1 page
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 527, vol. iii, 1137-1138; Works (1835-1843), letter XVI, vol. v, 85-86
      • Contents: Incipit: "I wrote to you from London lately not knowing but you might care to go". Sent from [Cambridge]. Envelope (front): "To the Revd Mr Nicholls".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0607 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 24 June 1770
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 1 page
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 97
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 528, vol. iii, 1139; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXVIII, vol. iii, 286; Works (1835-1843), letter XXX, vol. v, 111-112
      • Contents: Incipit: "I am return'd from Aston, & now wait your commands. my idea is,". Sent from Cambridge. to Blundeston. Dateline: "24 June. 1770". Address: "Pemb: Coll:". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoff Suffolk By Yarmouth" Postmark: "CAMBRIDGE".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0612 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 14 September 1770
      • Physical Description: A.L.; envelope, 2 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 100
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 533, vol. iii, 1146-1147; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXXII, vol. iii, 293-294; Works (1835-1843), letter XXXI, vol. v, 112-113
      • Contents: Incipit: "Venga, venga, V: S: si serva! I shall be proud to see you both.". Sent from [Cambridge]. to [Richmond]. Dateline: "Sept: 14. 1770". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls, at William Turner's Esq at Richmond Surrey" Postmark: "15 SE".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0615 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 25 November 1770
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 3 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 103
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 536, vol. iii, 1150-1151; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXXIV, vol. iii, 296-298; Works (1835-1843), letter XXXII, vol. v, 114-115
      • Contents: Incipit: "I do not see, why you should suppose that you only are to have". Sent from [Cambridge]. to Blundeston. Dateline: "25 Nov: 1770". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoff Suffolk by Norwich" Postmark: "CAMBRIDGE".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0619 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 26 January 1771
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 3 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 104
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 540, vol. iii, 1156-1158; Memoirs (1775), letter xi, section v, 392-393; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 302-303; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXXVI, vol. iii, 299-300; Works (1816), section V, letter XVI, vol. ii, 562-563; Works (1835-1843), section V, letter XVII, vol. iv, 194-196; Works (1835-1843), letter XXXIV, vol. v, 119-121; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXLVIII, vol. ii, 173-174; Works (1814), section V, letter XI, vol. i, 483-484
      • Contents: Incipit: "I want to know a hundred things about you. are you fix'd in your". Sent from Cambridge. to Blundeston. Dateline: "26 Jan: 1771". Address: "Pemb: Coll:". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoff Suffolk By Norwich" Postmark: "CAMBRIDGE".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0623 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 24 February 1771
      • Physical Description: A.L.; envelope, 3 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 105
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 543, vol. iii, 1166-1168; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXXVIII, vol. iii, 303-304; Works (1835-1843), letter XXXVI, vol. v, 127-129
      • Contents: Incipit: "Your Friend Jean Froissart, Son of Thomas by profession a Herald-painter,". Sent from [Cambridge]. to Blundeston. Dateline: "24 Feb: 1771". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoff Suffolk by Norwich" Postmark: "CAMBRIDGE".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0633 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 3 May 1771
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; envelope, 2 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 107
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 550, vol. iii, 1184-1185; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXXXII, vol. iii, 317-318; Works (1835-1843), letter XXXIX, vol. v, 136-137
      • Contents: Incipit: "I can not tell you, what I do not know myself; nor did I know, you staid". Sent from Cambridge. to Blundeston. Dateline: "3d May. 1771". Address: "Pemb: Coll:". Envelope (front): "To The Revd Mr Nicholls at Blundeston near Leostoff Suffolk by London." Postmark: "CAMBRIDGE 3 MA".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0635 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 20 May 1771
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; two thirds of the letter are missing including the address on the envelope; envelope, 3 pages
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 108
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 552, vol. iii, 1186-1188; Memoirs (1775), letter xi, section v, 393-394; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXXXIII, vol. iii, 318-319; Works (1835-1843), letter XLI, vol. v, 139-141
      • Contents: Incipit: "I received your letter inclosing that of poor T: the night before I set". Sent from London. Dateline: "20 May. 1771". Address: "London. at Frisby's, Jermyn-Street".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

      • Archive MS ID: letters.0639 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: Gray, Thomas to Nicholls, Norton
      • Date: 28 June 1771
      • Physical Description: A.L.S.; part of the letter and part of the envelope are missing; envelope, 1 page
      • Language: English
      • Location: College Library, Eton College, Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx>
      • Alternate Form: bound into a copy of Mathias's Works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814), vol. II, part 2; a photocopy is at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, OSB MSS c 467, box 1, folder 115
      • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 556, vol. iii, 1191-1192; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXXXV, vol. iii, 321-322; Works (1835-1843), letter XLIII, vol. v, 142-143
      • Contents: Incipit: "The inclosed came a few days after you left us, as I apprehend, from". Sent from London. to Paris. Dateline: "28 June. 1771". Address: "Jermyn-Street". Envelope (front): "[M]onsieu[r.....] Mess:s Telluson & Neckar Banquiers, Paris France".
      • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.

Contents

  • Collection: Letters, 1734-1771
  • Correspondent: Nicholls, Norton
  • Manuscripts: 29

Manuscripts