Gay, John, (1685-1732), Poet and Dramatist

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Surname:	Gay
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Date:	1685-1732
Biography:	ODNB link for Gay, John (1685-1732) Poet and Dramatist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P136440 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P11086 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for John Gay

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	literary MSS	See information in published source		See Index of English literary MSS vol 3 1700-1800
2	1727-28: poems and epigrams	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 26877
3	MSS (copies) of poems	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	PwV 238-244	NRA 7628 Cavendish-Bentinck
4	translations of Ariosto	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 6419	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
5	1719-35: corresp with Lady Suffolk	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 22626
6	1714-32: letters to Jonathan Swift	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 4291, 4804-06