Thomas Gray to Horace Walpole, 10 August 1755
To
The Honble Horace Walpole Esq
in Arlington Street
London
11 AV
Aug: 10. 1755. Stoke.
As they have order'd me to bleed presently, I write to you, while I can make use of my arm, to desire you would excuse me. I have had advice, as they call it, & am still as uncertain as ever, whether I am to expect the Gout or Rheumatism. one thing is certain, that I am to expect medecines enough; & as I do not think it civil to bring an Apothecary's shop to Strawberry, & am told besides, that it is not very safe, I hope you will forgive
Yours ever
T G:
Letter ID:
letters.0232 (Source: TEI/XML)
Correspondents
Writer's age: 38
Addressee's age: 37
Dates
Date (on letter): Aug: 10. 1755
Calendar: Gregorian
Places
Address (on letter): Stoke
Physical description
Addressed: To / The Honble Horace Walpole Esq / in Arlington Street / London (postmark: 11 AV)
Content
Language: English
Incipit: As they have order'd me to bleed presently, I write to you, while I can...
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GBR/1058/GRA/3/4/66, College Library, Pembroke College, Cambridge , Cambridge, UK <http://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/>
Availability: The original letter is extant and usually available for academic research purposes
Print Versions
- 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. 192, vol. ii, 151-152
- 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. ii, 84-85
- 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. 201, vol. i, 429