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Thomas Gray to Christopher Alderson, 23 June 1770

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To The Revd Mr Alderson of Aston near Sheffield Yorkshire
 CAMBRIDGE

23 June. 1770. Cambridge    
Dear Sr

A certain letter was sent me from hence to Aston on this day (Saturday) se'nnight, wch probably reach'd Sheffield on Tuesday last (19 June). as it has not yet reach'd my hands, & I should be very sorry to lose it, I must beg you to make enquiry about it, to pay whatever it is charged (a double & perhaps triple postage) & new direct it back to me at Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge. Mr Mason will repay you for me.

Forgive me this trouble, as I know not to whom else I could write about it, & believe me.

Your very humble Servant
Tho: Gray

Mr Brown & Mr Foljambe desire their compliments.

Letter ID: letters.0606 (Source: TEI/XML)

Correspondents

Writer: Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771
Writer's age: 53
Addressee: Alderson, Christopher, Rev., 1738-1814
Addressee's age: 32[?]

Dates

Date of composition: 23 June 1770
Date (on letter): 23 June. 1770
Calendar: Gregorian

Places

Place of composition: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Address (on letter): Cambridge
Place of addressee: [Aston, United Kingdom]

Physical description

Addressed: To The Revd Mr Alderson of Aston near Sheffield Yorkshire (postmark: CAMBRIDGE)

Content

Language: English
Incipit: A certain letter was sent me from hence to Aston on this day (Saturday)...
Mentioned: Bonstetten, Charles Victor de, 1745-1832

Holding Institution

Location:
(unconfirmed)
Private collection
Availability: The original letter is extant, but there is no further information about its availability; Sotheby's, 13 December 1977, Lot 341 and Sotheby's, 22 July 1985, Lot 46, sold to Maggs

Print Versions

  • 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. 527*, vol. iii, 1138-1139