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Thomas Gray to Horace Walpole, [c. 7 November 1734]

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Letter ID: letters.0647

Correspondents

Writer: Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771
Writer's age: 17
Addressee: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Addressee's age: 17

Dates

Date of composition: [c. 7 November 1734]
Calendar: Julian

Places

Place of composition: [Cambridge, United Kingdom]

Content

Language: English
Incipit: [not extant]
Contents: "[Missing. Written before 17 Nov. at Cambridge, probably in the week of 3-9 Nov. It contains allusions to a 'guzzling affair' at a Cambridge tavern (post 17 Nov. 1734 [letters.0003]).]"
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, 61.

Holding Institution

Availability: The original letter is not extant, no copy, transcription, or published version survives

Print Versions

  • 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, "From Gray, ca Thursday 7 November 1734", vol. i, 61