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1 manuscript letter from Gray to Walpole, 1747-02-08

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/GRA/3/4/42

Scope and Contents

From the Fonds:

The collection consists of Thomas Gray's commonplace books and diaries (1755 and 1760) as well as letters from Gray to George Ashby, George Birkett, James Brown and Horace Walpole. There is also other Gray manuscript material including school work and miscellaneous notes. The College has also collected images of Gray and research into him (GBR/1058/GRA/6 and 8).

Dates

  • Creation: 1747-02-08

Creator

Extent

1 item(s)

Thomas Gray Archive reference

letters.0149

Index of English Literary Manuscripts reference

GrT 26

Existence and Location of Copies

Published in 'The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W[illiam]. Mason.' York: printed by A. Ward; and sold by J. Dodsley, London; and J. Todd, York, 1775, letter iv, section iv, 182-185. 'The Works of Thomas Gray', 2 vols. Ed. by Thomas James Mathias. London: William Bulmer, 1814, section IV, letter IV, vol. i, 296-298. 'The Works of Thomas Gray', 2 vols. Ed. by John Mitford. London: J. Mawman, 1816, section IV, letter XI, vol. ii, 172-175. 'The Letters of Thomas Gray', 2 vols. in one. London: J. Sharpe, 1819, letter LXIV, vol. i, 141-143. 'The Works of Thomas Gray', 5 vols. Ed. by John Mitford. London: W. Pickering, 1835-1843, section IV, letter XVI, vol. iii, 32-35. '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. LXXVI, vol. i, 163-165. 'Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray'. Ed. with Introduction and Notes by Clark Sutherland Northup. Boston and London: D. C. Heath & Co., 1911, letter excerpt, 144-146. 'The Correspondence of Gray, Walpole, West and Ashton (1734-1771)', 2 vols. Chronologically arranged and edited with introduction, notes, and index by Paget Toynbee. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1915, letter no. 162, vol. ii, 69-75. '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. 131, vol. i, 264-268.

Repository Details

Part of the Pembroke College Library and Archive Repository

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