grayt.ead.0001-letters.0249 Thomas Gray Manuscripts: An Inventory at the Thomas Gray Archive. Alexander Huber Thomas Gray Archive 2006 Catalogued in EAD 2002 by Alexander Huber, Editor, Thomas Gray Archive, 2005- English grayt.ead.0001-letters.0249#did0001 mss.letters Letters 1734-1771 letters.mason_william Correspondence with Mason, William 1751-1771 English, Latin

99 letters (75 from Gray, 24 to Gray), dated between 1751 and 1771.

letters.0249 Gray, Thomas to Mason, William 23 July 1756 English Humanities and Social Sciences Library Henry W. And Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature NYPL

The original letter is extant and usually available for academic research purposes

Correspondence (1971), letter no. 218, vol. ii, 466-467 Correspondence (1853), letter XIV, 48-53 Memoirs (1775), letter xxiv, section iv, 245-247 Letters (1900-12), letter no. CXXXI, vol. i, 300-303 Works (1816), section IV, letter LIII, vol. ii, 273-275 Works (1835-1843), section IV, letter LXI, vol. iii, 151-153 Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter XCII, vol. ii, 12-14 Works (1814), section IV, letter XXIV, vol. i, 354-355

Incipit: "I feel a contrition for my long silence; & yet perhaps it is the last thing". Sent from Stoke Poges. Dateline: "July, 23. 1756". Address: "Stoke". Envelope (front): "To / The Revd Mr Mason".

Voltaire Mason, William, 1724-1797 Maintenon, Mme de Switzerland Mona Menai Straits Isle of Man Caernarvonshire Anglesey

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