Prior, Matthew, (1664-1721), poet and diplomat

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Surname:	Prior
Forenames:	Matthew
Gender:	Male
Date:	1664-1721
History:	Poet and diplomat. Secretary to the ambassador at The Hague, and negotiator at the treaties of Ryswick, 1697, and Utrecht, 1713.
Biography:	ODNB link for Prior, Matthew (1664-1721) Poet and Diplomat
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275957 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P138504 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Matthew Prior

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp, literary MSS and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 70358-71
2	corresp, journals and literary MSS	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Loan 29	NRA 20953
3	literary papers	See information in published source		See Index of English literary MSS vol 3 1700-1800
4	corresp and papers	Longleat House	PR	See HMC 58 Bath MSS III
5	papers	Miami University: Walter Havighurst Special Collections Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
6	poems	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Rawl poet 152-153	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
7	1693-1714: financial papers rel to Paris	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 15947
8	1711: journal of a journey to Paris	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 70028	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
9	1697-1701: copy of his diary made by Adrian Drift	Newcastle University: Special Collections	WCT	NRA 12238 Trevelyan
10	1694-97: letters to William Blathwayt	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 12112, 21508, 46537	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
11	1694-1701: letters (4) to Lord Dorset	Cambridge University: St John's College Library	S.15 (James 409)	See MR James, Descriptive Catalogue of MSS in St John's College, 1913, no 409
12	1695-99: letters to John Ellis	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 28928
13	1695-1704: letters (45 and 1 vol) to Lord Jersey and others	The London Archives: City of London	405, 435, 510	NRA 935 See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
14	1694-1713: corresp with Lord Lexington	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 46539
15	1711-20: letters to Lord Oxford	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 70253
16	1713-21: letters to Jonathan Swift	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 4804-4805	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
17	1698-99: corresp with James Vernon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40771-74