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Name Gay, John, poet and playwright, 1685-1732

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
Languages:
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
Extent:
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
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1711-1740
Extent:
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
Extent:
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
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 60600

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Benjamin Britten: '[The] Beggar's Opera', op. 43
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Ballad-opera with words by John Gay and music realized from the original airs by Benjamin Britten. Full score, mostly in pencil, mostly autograph (apart from ff. 124-128v and ff. 139-140v which are in black ink, in the hand of Arthur Oldham, Britten's pupil and assistant). Adhered to the inside...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948-1979
Extent:
1 volume (i + 189 folios)

8. Add MS 61842

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LITERARY COMMONPLACE-BOOK in several hands; circa 1783. Partly printed. Included in the original core of the book, now ff. 66-166, 172, are (ff. 89-93v, 96-97) verses by William Hayley and Anna Seward mostly relating to her visit to Eartham, co. Suss., in August 1782, and verses by (ff. 67-69v) Oliver Goldsmith, (ff. 70-71v, 80-85) Rev. T. Penrose, (ff. 73v-75v) William Shenstone, (ff. 94-95v, 157) William Mason, (ff. 107v-110v) John Pomfret, and (ff. 168-168v) Thomas Chatterton. Also in...
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Commonplace Books: Literary commonplace book: circa 1783. includes: f. i Bookplates and Book-stamps: Coltman (Joseph): early 19th cent.ff. 8, 89-92v, 93v, 96-97 William Hayley, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Verses by William Hayley: late 18th cent.: Copies.ff. 14-15 Poetry ENGLISH: William Colli...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 70949

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Charnwood Autographs
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CHARNWOOD AUTOGRAPHS. Vol. II. English literary autographs; circa 16th-20th cent. Included are Edmund Waller, Andrew Marvell, John Evelyn, John Locke, John Dryden, Joseph Addison, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, William Congreve, Sir Richard Steele, John Gay, Samuel Richardson, Thomas Gray, Laur...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 16th century-20th century
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3 items

10. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1725
Extent:
1 item