1 manuscript letter from Gray to ?Brown, 1761-09-24
Scope and Contents
The letter describes the coronation of George III which Gray attended. The letter is addressed 'Dear Sir', and noted as sent to James Brown by the Thomas Gray Archive.
Dates
- Creation: 1761-09-24
Creator
- From the Fonds: Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 (poet and literary scholar) (Person)
Extent
1 item(s)
Former reference
LC II 238
Thomas Gray Archive reference
letters.0396
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from an auction of the belongings of Granville Penn of Stoke Park, 4 August 1854. May have been collected by Granville Penn's brother, John Penn.
Existence and Location of Copies
Published in 'The Correspondence of Thomas Gray and William Mason, with Letters to the Rev. James Brown, D.D.' Ed. by the Rev. John Mitford. London: Richard Bentley, 1853, letter LXX, 269-277. 'The Letters of Thomas Gray, including the correspondence of Gray and Mason', 3 vols. Ed. by Duncan C. Tovey. London: George Bell and Sons, 1900-12, letter no. CCXXIX, vol. ii, 228-237. '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. 345, vol. ii, 752-758.
Physical Description
Conserved and housed in a soft binding.
Subject
Repository Details
Part of the Pembroke College Library and Archive Repository
Archivist
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