References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 19, p. 80; Lewis, W. S. et al. (eds.), Horace Walpole's Correspondence (New Haven, 1955), vol. 28, pp. 169-170, transcript printed, with notes on both MS 26 and MS 27; Powell, Margaret K., "Re: Fwd: Enquiry re. two MSS of a Thomas Gray poem". E-mail to the editor, 14 July 2006
Contents: Transcript of ll. 1-32 in the hand of Horace Walpole, endorsed on the verso in Mary Berry's hand, "Gray's Verses upon Lord Sandwich, from L. Orf. 1794.".
Archive MS ID: mss.0027
Title: "The Candidate. By Mr T. Gray"
Date:[1774]
Physical Description: [2?] pages; transcript in the hand of Horace Walpole
References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), p. 80; Zonghi, Roberta, "transcript". E-mail to the editor, 10 July 2006
Contents: Transcript of ll. 1-32 in the hand of Michael Tyson, headed "written by Mr. Gray at the time the Earl of Sandwich was candidate for the High Stewardship of the University of Cambridge".
Archive MS ID: mss.0024
Title: "On Lord Sandwich's canvass for the high stewardship of the University of Cambridge"
Date:[1783?]
Physical Description: 3 pages; transcript in an unidentified hand (32 lines)
References: Powell, Margaret K., "Re: Fwd: Enquiry re. two MSS of a Thomas Gray poem". E-mail to the editor, 14 July 2006
Contents: Transcript, beginning in one hand and ending in another, on the last leaf and continuing onto an extra leaf, in a copy of Mason'sMemoirs (1775).
Archive MS ID: mss.0200
Title: "The University Courtship"
Date:[between 1777 and 1826]
Physical Description: 2 pages; transcript in the hand of Bertie Greatheed
References: Parks, Stephen et al. (ed.), Osborn Collection First-Line Index. New Haven: Beinecke Library, Yale University, 2005, p. 1000, item W1301; Ducharme, Diane, "Re: Fwd: Enquiry re. two MSS of a Thomas Gray poem". E-mail to Margaret K. Powell, forwarded to the editor, 13 July 2006; Powell, Margaret K., "Re: apologies". E-mail to the editor, 20 July 2006; Nelson (ed.), Union First Line Index. Mar. 2010. Folger Shakespeare Library. 19 March 2010. <http://firstlines.folger.edu/detail.php?id=10646>
Contents: Transcript of ll. 1-32 in the hand of Bertie Greatheed, annotated "Written by Mr. Gray when Lord Sandwich was a candidate for the office of Stewart, of the University of Cambridge---".
Archive MS ID: mss.0241
Title: "The University Courtship"
Date:[later eighteenth century]
Physical Description: 2 pages; transcript in an unidentified hand
Contents: Transcript in an unidentified hand, beginning "When sly Jemmy Twitcher had smugg'd up his face" and attributed "by Gray & not in his works", in a commonplace book, "apparently compiled by members of the Smyth family of Heath, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire" and "written c.1710 - c.1820 by six main hands here designated A-F (in this case E, later 18th cent.)".
Surrogates: Digital facsimile [JPEG] of p. 272 from original MS available online.
Archive MS ID: mss.0243
Title: "Jemmy Twitcher or the Cambridge Courtship"
Date:[between 1782 and 1804]
Physical Description: 2 pages, 193 mm x 160 mm; transcript in the hand of John Phillipps
References: Crum (ed.), First-Line Index (1969), vol. II, p. 1088, item W1466; Nelson (ed.), Union First Line Index. Mar. 2010. Folger Shakespeare Library. 19 March 2010. <http://firstlines.folger.edu/detail.php?id=86775>
Contents: Transcript in the hand of John Phillipps, including ll. 33-34 (crossed out), annotated below "Written by Mr. Gray at the time of Lord Sandwichs election for High steward of Cambridge. Gents Magazine Jan. 82", and with additions "To Jemmy" before ll. 31-32 and "To Physic & Law." before ll. 33-34. In a volume of collected verse, copied from manuscripts, printed editions and newspapers, by John Phillipps of the Middle Temple and Exeter College, Oxford, 1776-1804 (Summary Catalogue, 45759).
Surrogates: Digital facsimile [JPEG] from original MS available online.
Archive MS ID: mss.0252
Title: "By Mr Gray on Lord S's soliciting the High Stewardship of Cambridge"
Date: [undated]
Physical Description: 2 pages, c. 230 mm x 190 mm; transcript in an unidentified hand (32 lines)
Contents: Transcript in an unidentified hand (32 lines), here beginning "When sly Jemmy Twitcher had snug'd up his face", in a quarto volume of miscellaneous pieces of poetry, entitled "Miscellaneous Poetry" and "presented by Rev. T. Crompton", written in the 18th and 19th centuries, to which the names of the respective authors are assigned.
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Archive MS ID: mss.0243