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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 4101-4478 Name Prior, Matthew, poet and diplomatist, 1664-1721 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item

2. Add MS 4326 B

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Vol. II (ff. 216). (1) Original letters addressed to Birch. The names of the writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. (2) Copies, in Birch's hand (with one exception) chiefly of state papers and letters, among them being (a) Extracts from the dispatches by Matthew Prior...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1712-1751
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4456

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Vol. I (ff. 215). (1) Verses, etc., almost entirely by Birch, or addressed to him, some of them apparently written as exercises. They are:— (a) 'Jam tibi perfectum jactare, Britannia, carmen': a version (100 lines) of the Rev. John Nixon's poem on Sir R. Blackmore's Creation, 1712; 1725; follo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4457

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Vol. II. (ff. 231). (1) 'Ere You Read this now You'll Suppose'; song (8 x 5 lines). f. 1. (2) Epitaph on Mrs. Mary Wynn, beg. 'Stay, reader, and with deep concern'. Two versions. ff. 2-3. (3) The Epilogue to Don Carlos, by T. Otway; 1676. f. 4. (4) 'These smiles bestow'd, these genrous H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1595-18th century
Extent:
1 item