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Name Gay, John, poet and playwright, 1685-1732 Digitised Content No Level [40] File

1. Add MS 4291

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Miscellaneous letters, originals and copies, collected by Thomas Birch. The names of the writers will be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. The contents include:- (1) Charles Davenant, Inspector-General of Imports, etc., to his son Henry Davenant, Resident at Frankfurt; London, 13 Ap...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item

2. Add MS 4804

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Vol. I, ff. 243 includes: f. 1 Charles Berkeley, Viscount Dursley; 2nd Earl of Berkeley (1698); Envoy to the Hague: Letter to J. Swift: 1709. ff. 3, 15, 17, 19, 25, 30 Joseph Addison, dramatist and essayist: Letters to J. Swift: 1708-1718. ff. 5, 7, 8 Anthony Henley, politician: Letters to J. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1708-1733
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1 item

3. Add MS 4805

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Vol. II, ff. 210 Dr John Arbuthnot, physician and wit: Letters to J. Swift: 1714-1729. includes: ff. 2, 11 Dr John Arbuthnot, physician and wit: Letters to C. Ford: 1714. f. 7 Robert Freind, DD, Head Master of Westminster School: Letter to J. Swift: 1715. ff. 9, 13, 23, 63, 75, 87 Mary Butler...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1711-1738
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1 item

4. Add MS 4806

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Vol. III, ff. 230 includes: ff. 1, 25, 93, 193, 197 Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst: Letters to J. Swift: 1730-1737. ff. 5-82 passim John Gay, poet: Letters to J. Swift: 1714-1732. ff. 6, 12b, 22b, 32, 68b, 73b, 89, 97, 101, 107, 109, 115 Catherine Douglas, wife of Charles, 3rd Duke of Queen...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
1711-1740
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1 item

5. Add MS 4809

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Vol. III (ff. 239). The 'Odyssey'. Contains the following books: I (ff. 1-1lb), III (ff. 13-27), IV (ff. 28-38b), V (ff. 40-53), VII (ff. 55-69), IX (ff. 71-89), X (part; ff. 92-lllb), XIII (ff. 112-123), XIV (ff. 125-143), XV (part; ff. 145-152b), XVII (ff. 155-176), XX (ff. 178- 186b), XXI (ff...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1712-1730
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1 item

6. Add MS 45580

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BLECHYNDEN PAPERS. Vol. III. (1) A collection of naval songs (words only), numbered i-xl, made by R. Blechynden; 1781. Imperfect by the loss of one leaf between ff. 22 and 23 containing part of song xxvii and the whole of song xxviii. As follows:- (i) 'Black eyed Susan', beg. 'All in the Dow...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781
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1 item

7. Add MS 71245 B

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B. Joint letter from John Gay and Alexander Pope to William Fortescue; 23 Sept. 1725. Autograph (signed with initials only by Gay). Printed (not from the original manuscript) in The Correspondence of Alexander Pope, ed. G. Sherburn (Oxford, 1956), II, pp. 322-323, and The Letters of John Gay, ed...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1725
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1 item

8. Add MS 72478

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TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CCXXXVII (ff. 138). Family and occasional verse; circa 1625-1726, n.d. Partly autograph drafts. Partly Latin and French. While several of these pieces date from the reign of Charles I, most belong to the period between the Restoration and the death of George I. They largely...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1595-1726
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1 item

9. Ashley MS B781

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Ashley MS B781
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includes: ff. 10-10b John Gay, poet: Geoffrey Faber, publisher, of Faber and Gwyer Ltd, London: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to T. J. Wise from G. Faber rel. to 'The Banish'd Beauty' attrib. by Wise to John Gay: 1926.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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Unspecified
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1 item

10. Ashley MS B5190

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Ashley MS B5190
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Letters to, and note by, T. J. Wise concerning the bibliography of John Gay's songs 'The Poor Shepherd', 'Molly Mogg', and 'Sweet William's Farewell to Black Ey'd Susan'; 1923-1927, n.d. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 138]. As follows:― 1. Letter from P. J. Dobell; 9 March 1923. f. 100. 2. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923-1927
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1 item