Thomas Gray to Michael Lort (February or March 1770) Alexander Huber Editor Thomas Gray Archive
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 Correspondence of Thomas Gray, 3 vols. Ed. by the late Paget Toynbee and Leonard Whibley, with corrections and additions by H. W. Starr. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971 [1st ed. 1935], letter no. 512*, vol. iii, 1112-1113 http://www.e-enlightenment.com/search/letters/print/?printref_sourceedition=graythOU0084&printref_docnumber=512* Sotheby's sale (18 November 1929) of the library of John Gough Nichols, lot 170 (it was part of a quarto volume and was sold with other letters from Mrs Inchbald and from Johnson himself, for £140 to 'Spencer') Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 Cambridge, United Kingdom Lort, Michael, 1725-1790 Blundeston, United Kingdom

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 English Bonstetten, Charles Victor de, 1745-1832

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Mr Gray presents his humble services to Prof.r Lort, is much obliged to him for his politeness in inviting Mr Bonstetten, but the day is so bad that Gentleman desires to be excused at present. Mr Gray himself intends to dine at Trinity, & will call on the Professor before one.

Saturday, Pem Coll