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Thomas Gray to J. Butler, [c. 16 January 1758]

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Letter ID: letters.0303

Correspondents

Writer: Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771
Writer's age: 41
Addressee: Butler, J., Mr
Addressee's age: [u

Dates

Date of composition: [c. 16 January 1758]
Calendar: Gregorian

Places

Place of composition: [Cambridge, United Kingdom]

Content

Language: [unknown]
Incipit: [not extant]
Contents: "[Gray had already written to his anonymous critic, when he wrote to Walpole on 17 Jan. (see Letter 264 [letters.0304]).]"
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. ii, 555.

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Print Versions

  • 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. 263*, vol. ii, 555