Letters

[Thomas Gray to James Brown, 25 October 1760]

This section of The Thomas Gray Archive contains a browsable calendar of the correspondence of Thomas Gray. The correspondence catalogue lists details for all 646 known original, copied, or published letters written by or to the poet. The majority of the letters survive in autograph MSS or (near) contemporary transcripts, only for 136 letters is there no known MS copy, 55 letters are known to have existed, but have not survived. William Mason, who was authorized by Gray in his will to "preserve or destroy [Gray's papers] at his own discretion", edited many of Gray's letters for his edition of 1775, which for a number of letters is now the only authority. Today most of Gray's letters are preserved in libraries, archives, and museums around the world, a few are still privately owned. This correspondence catalogue is a standards-based and up-to-date record of Gray's known correspondence and is intended as a research tool for Gray scholars. It is work in progress: information on dates, contents, and contexts of the letters will be added and updated on a regular basis. Please see this Help Desk section for more information, and contact the editor with any queries regarding this resource, with information to add, or corrections to make.

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