1696

Contents:

Weather diary

Who righteous man (August)

Several papers 96 Copys (fall?)

Several papers [Presentation copies] (fall?)

Education 1693 [Presentation copies] (1696 or later)

Education 1695 [Presentation copies] (1696 or later)

Human understanding [Presentation copies] (1696 or later)

Critique of Bentley, Of the revelation and the Messias (unknown)

Deus: Des Cartes’s proof of a God … (unknown)

Reasons why the paper manufacture in England has not succeeded (unknown)

Weather diary

See   description under 1666.

Who righteous man   (1696)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 27, f. 142.

Description:   Notes on a sermon by Daniel Williams, Man made righteous by Christ’s obedience (1684). The notes are headed “Who righteous man” and captioned “Mr. William [sic] Aug. 96”.

One sheet, folded to form four pages, 150 × 88 mm.

Publications:

1. “Testi teologico-filosofici lockiani dal MS. Locke c.27 della Lovelace Collection” / a cura di Mario Sina. // IN: Rivista di filosofia neo-scolastic. – 64 (1972):409.

Discussions:   Sina, publication #1 above, p. 408.

Several papers 96 Copys   [1696 November?]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 29, p. 160.

Description:   A list in Locke’s hand of persons to receive presentation copies of his Several papers, captioned “Several papers 96 Copys”. The list contains two names, neither of which appear on the list in MS. Locke c. 25, f. 53^v (next item).

Publications:

1. “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books and Boyle’s General history of the air” / Mark Goldie. // IN: Locke studies. – 4 (2004):237-238. [List G1]

Discussions:   Goldie, publication #1 above, pp. 237-238.

Several papers … [Presentation copies]   [1696 November?]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 25, f. 53^r.

Description:   A list in Locke’s hand of persons to receive presentation copies of his Several papers, in a column headed “Several papers relateing to Money, Interest & Trade 1696”, on a sheet endorsed “Copys 95”. The list contains three names, none of which appear on the list in MS. Locke f. 29, p. 160 (previous item).

The manuscript consists of on folded sheet, 310 × 193 mm; this list is in the second column on the first page.

Publications:

1. The correspondence of John Locke / edited by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976-89. – (Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke) – vol. 8:452. [list G]

Discussions:   De Beer, “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books,” publication #1 above; Goldie, “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books and Boyle’s General history of the air” (2004)

Education 1693 [Presentation copies]   [1696 or later]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 25, f. 53^r.

Description:   A list in Locke’s hand of persons to receive presentation copies of the first edition of his Education, in a column headed “Education 1693”, on a sheet endorsed “Copys 95”. The list provides for 26 copies. An earlier list (1693?) survives in MS. Locke f. 29, p. 144; given its place on this sheet, this list seems to be a fair copy made in 1696 or later.

The manuscript consists of on folded sheet, 310 × 193 mm; this list is in the third column on the first page.

Publications:

1. The correspondence of John Locke / edited by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976-89. – (Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke) – vol. 8:450. [list B]
2. John Locke, a descriptive bibliography / Jean S. Yolton. – Bristol, England : Thoemmes Press, 1998. – p. 212-213.

Discussions:   De Beer, “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books,” publication #1 above; Yolton, publication #2 above, pp. 212-213; Goldie, “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books and Boyle’s General history of the air” (2004)

Education 1695 [Presentation copies]   [1696 or later]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 25, f. 53^r.

Description:   A list in Locke’s hand of persons to receive presentation copies of the third edition of his Education, in a column headed “Education 1695”, on a sheet endorsed “Copys 95”. The list provides for 25 copies. There is an earlier version of this list in MS. Locke f. 29, p. 145; given its place on this sheet, the present list seems to be a fair copy made in 1696 or later.

The manuscript consists of on folded sheet, 310 × 193 mm; this list is in the fourth column on the first page.

Publications:

1. The correspondence of John Locke / edited by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976-89. – (Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke) – vol. 8:451. [list D]
2. John Locke, a descriptive bibliography / Jean S. Yolton. – Bristol, England : Thoemmes Press, 1998. – p. 215-216.

Discussions:   De Beer, “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books,” publication #1 above; Yolton, publication #2 above, pp. 215-216; Goldie, “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books and Boyle’s General history of the air” (2004)

Human understanding 3d Edit[ion] [Presentation copies]   [1696 or later]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 25, f. 53^v.

Description:   A list in Locke’s hand of persons to receive presentation copies of the third edition of his Essay, in a column headed “Human understanding 3^d Edit”, on a sheet endorsed “Copys 95”. The list provides for 3 copies; it may be a fair copy of the list in MS. Locke f. 29, p. 33; given its place on this sheet and the names listed, the present list seems to have been written between 1696 and 1698.

The manuscript consists of on folded sheet, 310 × 193 mm; this list is in the first column on the second page.

Publications:

1. The correspondence of John Locke / edited by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976-89. – (Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke) – vol. 8:451. [list E]
2. John Locke, a descriptive bibliography / Jean S. Yolton. – Bristol, England : Thoemmes Press, 1998. – pp. 78-79.

Discussions:   De Beer, “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books,” publication #1 above; Yolton, publication #2 above, pp. 78-79; Goldie, “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books and Boyle’s General history of the air” (2004)

Critique of Bentley, Of the revelation and the Messias   [1696?]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 27, ff. 143-144.

Description:   Notes on a sermon by Richard Bentley, Of the revelation and the Messias (1696). On a sheet folded to form four pages, 315 × 195 mm; f. 144 is blank except for the endorsement “D^r Bentley | N^s Critick on his | Sermon”. The authorship of the notes is unclear. Bentley’s sermon was preached on July 5 and published later in 1696.

Publications:

1. “Testi teologico-filosofici lockiani dal MS. Locke c.27 della Lovelace Collection” / a cura di Mario Sina. // IN: Rivista di filosofia neo-scolastic. – 64 (1972):410-412.

Discussions:   Sina, publication #1 above, pp. 409-410.

Deus. Des Cartes’s proof of a God from the idea of necessary existence examined   (1696)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 28, f. 119-120.

Description:   A paper endorsed “Deus Des Cartes’s proof of a god from the Idea of necessary existence examined 1696”. The endorsement and first few words are in Locke’s hand; the remainder is in the hand of Locke’s servant Timothy Kiplin, and therefore dating after Kiplin entered Locke’s service on 7 Nov. 1696.

The manuscript consists of a sheet of paper folded once to form 4 leaves, 315 × 195 mm. The pages are divided into two equal columns; the text is written in the left-hand column, with a few additions by Locke in the right-hand column. Locke’s initials appear at the end of the text.

Publications:

1. The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – pp. 312-315.
2. The Digital Locke Project / Dr. Paul Schuurman, project director. – Amsterdam : Digital Production Centre of the University Library of the University of Amsterdam, 2006-  . – Normalized and diplomatic texts available.
3. Drafts for the Essay concerning human understanding, and other philosophical writings. Volume 3 / John Locke ; edited by Paul Schuurman. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, forthcoming. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke)

Discussions:   Schuurman, Digital Locke project, text descriptions [viewed 2008/07/26]

Reasons why the paper manufacture in England has not succeeded   (1696)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 30, f. 43.

Description:   A memorandum sent to Locke, in his capacity as member of the Board of Trade; endorsed “Trade” and “Paper 1696”. The author is unknown.

Publications:

1. “A memorandum addressed to John Locke in 1696 on the failure of the Company of White Paper Makers.” // IN: Wolvercote Mill : a study of paper-making at Oxford / by Harry Carter (1957) – p. 66. [Locke #964]

Discussions:   Carter (publication #1).