Thomas Gray to Mrs. (Elizabeth) Antrobus (8 September 1759) 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. 302, vol. iii, 1319-1320 Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 London, United Kingdom Antrobus, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1709-1773 Cambridge, United Kingdom

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 Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Sept: 8. 1759 Madam

I am glad to hear from Molly today, that there is no particular charge against you in your office, for if it is only the greediness of the Corporation, I will think it will be easily disappointed, the assurance Mr Shelvocke has given you, that you are secure weighs much with me: so much, that I doubt it was hardly necessary to speak to Ld Besborough on that head, for to petition before one is accused of any thing, may appear as if we were conscious of having done somewhat amiss: however my Letter is gone, & can not be recalled, if it is unne[cessary] so much the better.

I believe & hope, you may continue ve[ry sure] on this head. let it only caution you to see the bus[iness] of your office diligently executed, & to avoid even the least occasion of complaint, and then you have little to fear.

I am Madm, Your Friend & Servant T. G.

My love to the Girls. pray tell Molly, I expect to hear from her again soon. she must direct At Mr Jauncey's in Southampton Row, Bloomsbury.