[January] (beginning, "I Alexander Pope to John Gay faithfully assure you") Sunday night [January] Alexander Pope to John Gay [January] (beginning: "I Alexander Pope to John Gay am glad to hear of the progress") [1][February or March] John Gay to Alexander Pope (beginning: "My melancholy increases") From the Duke of John Gay to Jonathan Swift Queensberry's in Burlington Gardens, March 18 Dublin, March 19 Jonathan Swift to John Gay August 9 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to the Hon. Mrs. Howard August 27 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to the Hon. Mrs. Howard Middleton Stoney, John Gay to Jonathan Swift November 9 Dublin, November 20 Jonathan Swift to John Gay [Footnote 1: The authenticity of this letter is doubtful.] 1730 London, March 3 John Gay to Jonathan Swift Dublin, March 19 Jonathan Swift to John Gay March 31 John Gay to Jonathan Swift May 7 John Gay to the Hon. Mrs. Howard Amesbury, July 4 John Gay to Jonathan Swift Twickenham, July 21 Alexander Pope to John Gay July 31 The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay August 18 Alexander Pope to John Gay August 20 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to the Hon. Mrs. Howard August 22 The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay September 3 The Hon. Mrs. Howard to John Gay September 11 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to the Hon. Mrs. Howard September 11 Alexander Pope to John Gay October 1 Alexander Pope to John Gay October Alexander Pope to John Gay October 23 Alexander Pope to John Gay Amesbury, November 8 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to Jonathan Swift Dublin, November 10 Jonathan Swift to John Gay Dublin, November 19 Jonathan Swift to John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry Amesbury, December 6 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to Jonathan Swift December 17 John Gay and the Duchess of Queensberry to Hon. Mrs. Howard 1731