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Thomas Gray to Thomas Ashton, [c. 7 September 1738]

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Letter ID: letters.0060

Correspondents

Writer: Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771
Writer's age: 21
Addressee: Ashton, Thomas, 1715-1775
Addressee's age: 23

Dates

Date of composition: [c. 7 September 1738]
Calendar: Julian

Places

Place of composition: [Cambridge, United Kingdom]

Content

Language: [unknown]
Incipit: [not extant]
Contents: "[In his letter to West of 9 Sept. 1738, from Hanover Square (Gray-Walpole Correspondence, No. 83), Ashton says: 'A small Piece of Paper light at this House to day with Gray's name attached to it, & declares he is very well, that Stourbridge fair is full blown, & that he will go to bed at Cambridge but 14 Nights more.']"
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], vol. i, 89.

Holding Institution

Availability: The original letter is not extant, no copy, transcription, or published version survives

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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. 55*, vol. i, 89