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Thomas Gray to Philip Gray, [9 October 1740]

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Letter ID: letters.0108

Correspondents

Writer: Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 [i]
Writer's age: 23
Addressee: Gray, Philip, 1676-1741 [i]
Addressee's age: 64[?]
Mentioned: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 [i]

Dates

Date of composition: [9 October 1740] [i]
Date (on letter): [Oct. 9, 1740]
Calendar: Gregorian

Places

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

Content

Language: English
Incipit: The beginning of next spring is the time determined for our return...

Holding Institution

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 xxviii, section ii, pp. 109-111 - view pages
  • The Works of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. Ed. by Thomas James Mathias. London: William Bulmer, 1814, section II, letter XXVIII, vol. i, pp. 231-232 - view pages
  • The Works of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. Ed. by John Mitford. London: J. Mawman, 1816, section II, letter XXXI, vol. ii, pp. 113-114 - view pages
  • The Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. in one. London: J. Sharpe, 1819, letter XLVI, vol. i, pp. 104-105 - view pages
  • The Works of Thomas Gray, 5 vols. Ed. by John Mitford. London: W. Pickering, 1835-1843, section II, letter XXXI, vol. ii, pp. 136-138 - 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. XLVI, vol. i, pp. 83-84 - 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. 95, vol. i, pp. 178-179 - view pages