Correspondence with West, Richard

• Archive Work ID: letters.west_richard
• Correspondent: West, Richard
• Language: English, French, Greek, Latin
• Date Range: 1735-1742
• Summary: 44 letters (27 from Gray, 17 to Gray), dated between 1735 and 1742.

  See also: letter tgal0079 (with Walpole, Horace)

  See also: letter tgal0095 (with Walpole, Horace)

  See also: letter tgal0104 (with Walpole, Horace)

2 Manuscripts:

• • Archive MS ID: letters.0023 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
  • Date: [8 May 1736]
  • Language: English
  • Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Henry W. And Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library, New York, NY, USA <https://www.nypl.org/about/divisions/berg-collection-english-and-american-literature>
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 22, vol. i, 38-41; Correspondence (1853), letter I, 1-4; Memoirs (1775), section i, 7-10; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 30, vol. i, 69-74; Letters (1900-12), letter no. II, vol. i, 2
  • Contents: Incipit: "My letter enjoys itself, before its open'd, in imagining the Confusion". Sent from Cambridge. to [Oxford]. Julian calendar. Dateline: "May: 8:-". Address: "Cantabr:". Envelope (front): "To / Mr West of Christ Church / Oxford" Postmark: "CAMBRIDGE".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0121 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to West, Richard
  • Date: [23 April 1742]
  • Language: English
  • Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Henry W. And Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library, New York, NY, USA <https://www.nypl.org/about/divisions/berg-collection-english-and-american-literature>
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 105, vol. i, 196-199; Memoirs (1775), letter vi, section iii, 145-146; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 136; Correspondence (1915), letter no. 146, vol. ii, 33-34; Letters (1900-12), letter no. LIII, vol. i, 100-101; Works (1816), section III, letter VI, vol. ii, 132-133; Works (1835-1843), section III, letter VI, vol. ii, 158-160; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter LIV, vol. i, 122-123; Works (1814), section III, letter VI, vol. i, 263-264
  • Contents: Incipit: "I should not have fail'd to answer your Letter immediately,". Sent from [London]. to [Pope's]. Julian calendar. Envelope (front): "To / Richard West Esq, / at David Mitchell's Esq / of Popes near Hatfield Hartfordshire" Postmark: "24 AP".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.