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Thomas Gray to Mrs. (Dorothy) Gray, [14 June 1740]

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Letter ID: letters.0100

Correspondents

Writer: Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 [i]
Writer's age: 23
Addressee: Gray, Mrs. (Dorothy), 1685-1753 [i]
Addressee's age: 55[?]
Mentioned: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 [i]

Dates

Date of composition: [14 June 1740] [i]
Date (on letter): [June, 1740]
Calendar: Gregorian

Places

Place of composition: [Naples, Italy] [i]
Address (on letter): [Naples]

Content

Language: English
Incipit: Our journey hither was through the most beautiful part of the finest...

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Availability: The original letter is unlocated, a copy, transcription, or published version survives

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  • 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 xxii, section ii, pp. 92-94 - view pages
  • The Works of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. Ed. by Thomas James Mathias. London: William Bulmer, 1814, section II, letter XXII, vol. i, pp. 216-218 - view pages
  • The Works of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. Ed. by John Mitford. London: J. Mawman, 1816, section II, letter XXIV, vol. ii, pp. 95-97 - view pages
  • The Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. in one. London: J. Sharpe, 1819, letter XL, vol. i, pp. 87-89 - view pages
  • The Works of Thomas Gray, 5 vols. Ed. by John Mitford. London: W. Pickering, 1835-1843, section II, letter XXIV, vol. ii, pp. 113-116 - view pages
  • 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. XL, vol. i, pp. 71-72 - view pages
  • 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. 88, vol. i, pp. 162-164 - view pages