Correspondence with Speed, Henrietta Jane

• Archive Work ID: letters.speed_henrietta
• Correspondent: Speed, Henrietta Jane
• Language: English
• Date Range: 1750-1759
• Summary: 2 letters (2 to Gray), dated between 1750 and 1759.

2 Manuscripts:

• • Archive MS ID: letters.0176 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Speed, Henrietta Jane to Gray, Thomas
  • Date: [October 1750]
  • Language: English
  • Location: Thomas Gray Manuscripts (MS-GAR-0046), John Work Garrett Library, Manuscripts collection, Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries & University Museums, Baltimore, MD, USA <https://www.library.jhu.edu/library-departments/special-collections/historic-collection-at-john-work-garrett-library/>
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 155, vol. i, 331-334; Gray and his Friends (1890), section V, 197
  • Contents: Incipit: "I am as much at a loss to bestow the Commendation due to your performance". Sent from [Stoke Poges]. Julian calendar. Dateline: "Sunday".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0347 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Speed, Henrietta Jane to Gray, Thomas
  • Date: 25 August 1759
  • Physical Description: A.L.S., 3 pages
  • Language: English
  • Location: PML 16518 (extra-illustrated copy of Gray's Odes), 16, Department of Literary and Historical Manuscripts (LHMS), Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, USA <http://www.themorgan.org/collection>
  • Alternate Form: a photostat each is in MS. Toynbee d.32 and c.2, Bodleian Library, Oxford
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 300, vol. ii, 636-638; Gray and his Friends (1890), section V, 198-200
  • Contents: Incipit: "I wonder whether you think me capable of all the gratitude I really feel". Sent from [Stoke Poges]. Dateline: "25^th August 59". Thanking him for his friendship, giving news of Lady Cobham, urging him to go to the country rather than withstanding the heat of London, and commenting on news of the "K. of P." and others. [With notes (a list) on the verso, perhaps in Gray's hand.].
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.