grayt.ead.0001-mss.0098 Thomas Gray Manuscripts: An Inventory at the Thomas Gray Archive. Alexander Huber Thomas Gray Archive 2006 Catalogued in EAD 2002 by Alexander Huber, Editor, Thomas Gray Archive, 2005- English grayt.ead.0001-mss.0098#did0001 mss.poems Poems [ca. 1725]-1771 poems.lost A Long Story In Britain's isle, no matter where, 1753 Starr/Hendrickson (eds.), Complete Poems (1966), 43-48 Lonsdale (ed.), Poems (1969), 142-152

Written and revised at Stoke Poges between August and October 1750 when Gray was staying there with his aunt. First published in Dodsley's Designs (1753), [14].

mss.0098 poems.lost A Long Story August 1750 2 autograph fair copy GBR/1058/GRA/1, Commonplace Book, Vol. II, 651-652 College Library PBCC

Microfilm copy available in Poetic Commonplace Books and Manuscripts of Thomas Gray, 1716-1771, from Pembroke College, Cambridge (1999), reel one

Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 83, 87 Poetic C. B., Pembroke College (1999), 28 Sutton (ed.), Location Register (1995), 414 Martin, Chronologie (1931), 144

Autograph fair copy, here beginning "In Britain's Isle (no matter where)", with marginal side notes, dated "Aug: 1750" and annotated "Printed in 1753 with Mr Bentley's Designs, & repeated in a 2d Edition", in Gray's Commonplace Book, vol. II, 651-652.

Digital facsimile [JPEG] from original MS