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Bodleian Library, Oxford University


MS. Locke b. 4

A guardbook in which are mounted miscellaneous papers.
116 leaves

f. 77:   Printing 94/5: Draft bill for the better regulating of printing (1695); enclosed in a letter from John Freke and Edward Clarke to Locke, 14 March [1695]
ff. 86-87:   Letter from [James Johnstoun?], London, 27 February 1696/7, endorsed by Locke “Aikenhead 96/7 The Acts agt Blasphemie”; accompanied by ff. 88-108. [printed A complete collection of state trials ed. W. Cobbett, T. B. Howell, vol. xiii (1812):917-940 (includes the other documents); De Beer vi. 2207 (letter only); Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, pp. 241-242 (letter only)]
ff. 88-91:   “Indictmt:” signed “Aikenhead A-B”; clerical copy with corrections by Locke; endorsed (f. 89v) “Aikenhead 96 Indictmt” and (f. 91v) “Aikenhead 96”; 310 × 195 mm.
ff. 92-93:   Copy of Petition of Aikenhead to the Judiciary; signed C and endorsed “Aikenhead 96”; 298 × 184 mm.
ff. 94-96:   Copy of depositions of witnesses against Aikenhead, signed D-E and endorsed “Aikenhead.”
f. 97:   Copy of petition to the Privy Council, signed F and endorsed “Aikenhead.”
f. 98:   Copy of letter endorsed “Aikenhead L: Anstruthers letter concerning him 26 Jan 96/97.”
ff. 99-102:   Copy of a paper by Aikenhead; clerical copies correctedby Locke; signed “Aikenhead G-H” and endorsed “Aikenhead.”
ff. 103-106:   Another copy, not signed or endorsed.
ff. 107-108:   an unsigned letter about witches in Scotland, 1697; endorsed by Locke “Scotland Witches 97.”


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