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Thomas Gray to James Brown, [13 June 1761]

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Letter ID: letters.0386

Correspondents

Writer: Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 [i]
Writer's age: 44
Addressee: Brown, James, 1709-1784 [i]
Addressee's age: 52[?]
Mentioned: Mason, William, 1724-1797 [i]
Wharton, Thomas, 1717-1794 [i]

Dates

Date of composition: [13 June 1761] [i]
Date (on letter): Saturday
Calendar: Gregorian

Places

Place of composition: [London, United Kingdom] [i]

Content

Language: English
Incipit: This is to inform you that I hope to see you on Monday night at Cambridge....

Holding Institution

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

Print Versions

  • 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 LV, p. 215 - 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. CCVI, vol. ii, p. 159 - 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. 335, vol. ii, pp. 739-740 - view pages