"William Shakespeare to Mrs Anne, Regular Servant to the Revd Mr Precentor of York"
Archive Work ID: poems.wsma
Uniform Title: "William Shakespeare to Mrs Anne, Regular Servant to the Revd Mr Precentor of York" [e-text]
First Line: A moment's patience, gentle Mistress Anne! Language: EnglishFirst Published: 1853
References: Starr/Hendrickson (eds.), Complete Poems (1966), 80-81; Lonsdale (ed.), Poems (1969), 252-255
Summary: Written early in July 1765 while on a visit to Thomas Wharton at Old Park, Durham , and sent in a letter to William Mason , [c. 8 July 1765] . First published in Mitford (ed.), Correspondence of Gray and Mason (1853), letter XC, 339-340 .
1 Manuscript:
Archive MS ID: mss.0196 (Source: EAD/XML )
Title: [untitled]
Date: [1765]
Physical Description: 1 page; autograph draft, the whole erasedLanguage: EnglishLocation: [privately owned] References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 167, 96, in a notebook, item GrT 295, 109; Toynbee, "Newly Discovered Draft" (1930), MS transcribed and discussedContents: Autograph draft, here untitled and the whole erased, owned (1988) by Lt.-Col. John Murray .