Thomas Gray to Horace Walpole (19 September 1738) Alexander Huber Editor Thomas Gray Archive
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 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. 58, vol. i, 92 http://www.e-enlightenment.com/search/letters/print/?printref_sourceedition=graythOU0084&printref_docnumber=58 The Correspondence of Gray, Walpole, West and Ashton (1734-1771), 2 vols. Chronologically arranged and edited with introduction, notes, and index by Paget Toynbee. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1915, letter no. 86, vol. i, 200-201 https://www.thomasgray.org/texts/diglib/primary/TyP_1915i/1/200 The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. Ed. by W. S. Lewis. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP; London: Oxford UP, 1937-83, vols. 13/14: Horace Walpole's Correspondence with Thomas Gray, Richard West and Thomas Ashton i, 1734-42, Horace Walpole's Correspondence with Thomas Gray ii, 1745-71, ed. by W. S. Lewis, George L. Lam and Charles H. Bennett, 1948, vol. i, 161 https://libsvcs-1.its.yale.edu/hwcorrespondence/page.asp?vol=13&page=161 Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 London, United Kingdom Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 London, United Kingdom

Julian

 English Ashton, Thomas, 1715-1775 Richmond (Surrey)

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To The Honble Horace Walpole, Junr: Esq at New Park Richmond.
19 SE

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I have been in town a day or two, & in doubt where to direct to you, till Ashton, whom I saw today, told me you were at Richmond. I have seen him & his Lordling, and am mightily pleased with 'em both; the boy kisses his eyes out, & had no sooner heard, that I was Mr John Ashton, but he climbed up to the top of my head, & came down again on the other side in half a second. I shall be glad to know when & where I may see you most alone, &

am Yours ever, T: G: Tuesday – Night –