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MS. Locke c. 24

A guardbook in which are mounted letters and drafts of letters from Locke, 1652-1704, arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent.
200 leaves (leaves 61-153, letters to Peter King, were removed in 1954; see MS. Locke c. 40)
Individual items in the volume include:

ff. 1, 2:   Latin oration or letter, [c. 1650-1652]. [printed De Beer i. 1]
ff. 3-4:   Letter to an unknown correspondent, 1 May 1654. [printed De Beer. i. 15]
f. 3v:   Letter to an unknown woman [?], [1 May 1654?]. [printed De Beer. i. 16]
f. 5:   Letter to an unknown woman [?], 1 May 1654. [printed De Beer. i. 17]
ff. 6-7:   Letter to [William Carr], 23 January 1658. [printed De Beer. i. 37]
f. 8:   Letter to a lady, 19 September [1659?]. [printed De Beer. i. 78]
f. 9:   Letter to a lady, [spring 1659?]. [printed De Beer. i. 53]
f. 10:   Letter to [Anne Evelegh?, [mid-July 1659?]. [printed De Beer. i. 63]
f. 11:   Letter to a lady, [about July 1659?]. [printed De Beer. i. 62]
f. 12:   Letter to a lady, 4 June 1659. [printed De Beer. i. 58]
f. 13:   Letter to a lady, [1658/1659?]. [printed De Beer. i. 45]
f. 14:   Letter to [Thomas Westrowe?], 8 November [1659?].
[printed De Beer, i. 82; Boyle, Correspondence, vol. 3:164-165]
f. 15:   Letter to [Anne Evelegh?], [late July 1659?]. [printed De Beer. i. 65]
f. 16:   Letter to an unknown correspondent, [c. 1650-1652?] [printed De Beer. i. 2]
ff. 17-18:   Letter to a friend of William Thomas (draft), 3 December [1693]. [printed De Beer. iv. 1678]
f. 19:   Letter to a lady, 12 December [1659?]. [printed De Beer. i. 88]
ff. 20-21:   Letter to Sir John Banks, 30 May/9 June 1677. [printed De Beer. i. 336]
f. 22:   Letter to Banks (draft), 5/15 January 1678. [printed De Beer. i. 367]
f. 23:   Letter to Banks (draft), 11/21 December 1678. [printed De Beer. i. 431]
ff. 24-25:   Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Berkeley (draft), [early October 1697]. [printed De Beer. vi. 2321]
f. 26:   Letter written “For W. C. to My Lord P: Secretary,” [1656/1657?] [printed De Beer. i. (31)]
ff. 27-28:   Letter to William Carr, 5 March [1660]. [printed De Beer. i. 93]
ff. 29-30:   Letter to William Carr, 15 March [1660]. [printed De Beer. i. 94]
f. 32:   Draft letter to Dr. John Covel, 29 September 1697; original in British Library, Add. MS. 22,910, f. 463. [printed in Bourne, Life, vol. 2:413; De Beer, vi. 2319; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 250-251]
ff. 33-34:   Letter to Dr. Thomas Coxe, 13/23 June 1678. [printed De Beer. i. 386]
ff. 35-36:   Letter to Charles Cudworth, 27 April 1683. [printed in King, Life (1829), p. 249-251; De Beer. ii. 765; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 91-92]
f. 37:   Letter to Robina Douglas, Countess of Forfar (draft), 29 November 1691. [printed De Beer. iv. 1432]
f. 38:   Letter to E A [Anne Evelegh?], [c. 19 November 1659?]. [printed De Beer. i. 84]
ff. 39-40:   Letter to Mrs. Sarah Edwards, 21 July 1659.
[printed De Beer. i. 64; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 8-9]
f. 41:   Letter to Sir Stephen Evance (draft), 6 November 1697. [printed De Beer. vi. 2346]
ff. 42-43:   Letter to Henry Fletcher (draft), 23 April 1701; the letter sent is in National Library of Scotland, MS. 17,851, ff. 35-36. [printed De Beer. vii. 2908 (the draft); viii, p. 441-443 (the letter sent)]
ff. 44-45:   Letter to Edward Fowler, bishop of Gloucester (draft), 23 July 1696. [printed De Beer. v. 2112]
f. 46:   Letter to J. F. (draft), [1698/1699?]. [printed in Cranston, John Locke (1957), pp. 415-416; De Beer. vi. 2528; passage printed in King, Life (1829), pp. 196-197]
ff. 47-48:   Letter to Benjamin Furly (draft), 30 March 1700. [printed De Beer. vii. 2700]
f. 49:   Letter to G W [William Godolphin], [c. August 1659?].
[printed De Beer. i. 66; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 10]
f. 50:   Letter to Dr. Denis Grenville, 16 September 1679. [printed De Beer. ii. 503]
ff. 51-52:   Letter to Lady Guise, 11/21 June 1688. [printed De Beer. iii. 1056]
f. 53:   Letter to J H [John Hoskins?], [late September 1659?]. [printed De Beer. i. 77]
ff. 54-55:   Letter to Sir William Honywood and the other Commissioners of Appeals, 22 May 1696 (draft). [printed De Beer. v. 2094]
f. 55:   Letter to Sir William Trumbull, 22 May 1696 (draft); letter send in Berkshire Record Office, Reading. Marquess of Downshire MSS., vol. XXXI, no. 42. [printed (from the letter sent) in De Beer. v. 2093]
f. 56:   Letter to Sir William Honywood and the other Commissioners of Appeals, 23 May 1696 (draft). [printed De Beer. v. 2095]
f. 57:   Letter to Dr. John Hudson, 4 March 1702/3 (draft). [printed De Beer. vii. 3261]
ff. 58-59:   Letter to Dr. Ayliffe Ivie, 8 January [1661?]. [printed De Beer. i. 113]
f. 60:   Letter to J. O., [early August 1660?]. [printed De Beer. i. 101]
f. 154:   Letter to Jean Le Clerc, 16/26 February 1688. [printed De Beer, iii. 1011; Le Clerc, Epistolario (1987-97), no. 141]
f. 155:   Letter to Philippus van Limborch, 22 April [1690]. [printed in King, Life (1830), vol. 2:310-311; De Beer, iv. 1285]
ff. 156-157:   Draft of a letter to Philippus van Limborch, 29 October 1697; contains a passage omitted from the letter sent (Amsterdam University Library, MS. R.K., Ba 257p and q). [printed De Beer, vi, pp. 783-787]
ff. 161-162:   Draft of a letter to Philippus van Limborch, 21 February 1697/8; the letter sent is in Amsterdam University Library, MS. R.K., Ba 258a and b. [printed De Beer, vi, pp. 787-791]
f. 163:   English draft of a letter to Philippus van Limborch, 21 May 1698; the letter sent is in Amsterdam University Library, MS. R.K., Ba 258f. [printed in De Beer, vi. pp. 791-793]
ff. 165-166:   Letter to John Locke, sen., 4 May 1652. [printed De Beer, i. 3]
ff. 167-168:   Letter to John Locke, sen., 11 May 1652. [printed De Beer, i. 4]
ff. 169-170:   Letter to John Locke, sen., 25 October 1656.
[printed De Beer, i. 29; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 5]
f. 171:   Letter to John Locke, sen., 15 November 1656.
[printed De Beer, i. 30; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 5-6]
f. 172:   Letter to John Locke, sen., [6 April 1658?]. [printed De Beer, i. 43]
ff. 173-174:   Letter to John Locke, sen., 22 June [1659].
[printed De Beer, i. 59; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 6-7]
ff. 175-176:   Letter to John Locke, sen., [c. 9 January 1660].
[printed De Beer, i. 91; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 17-18]
ff. 177-178:   Letter to John Locke, sen., 10 April [1660]. [printed De Beer, i. 95]
f. 179:   Letter to John Locke, sen., 20 December [1660?].
[printed in King, Life (1829), p. 2-3; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 24-25; De Beer, i. 110]
ff. 180-181:   Copy by Locke from letters to Peter Locke, 14 and 17 October, 3 November 1674.
[printed De Beer, i. 293, 294, 296]
f. 182:   Letter to Tom [Thomas Westrowe?], 20 October 1659.
[Printed in Wootton (ed.), Political writings (1993), p. 139-141; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 13-14; De Beer, i. 81]
ff. 185-186:   Letter to Martha Lockhart, 24 December 1697. [printed De Beer, vi. 2365]
f. 187:   Letter to M. J. [John Maggs?], [late March 1658?]. [printed De Beer, i. 41]
f. 188:   Letter to “Cousin Martine,” 11 August 1655. [printed De Beer, i. 21]
ff. 189-192:   Letter to Lady Masham (draft), 30 September 1690. [printed De Beer, iv. 1322]
ff. 193-194:   Letter to Lady Masham, 3 July 1697. [printed De Beer, vi. 2280]
f. 195:   Letter to [Carey Mordaunt, Countess of Monmouth] (draft), 12 June 1691. [printed De Beer, iv. 1397; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 159]
ff. 196-197:   “Education 97 To the Countess of Peterborow” (1697)
[De Beer vi. 2320]
f. 198:   Letter to Charles Mordaunt, 2nd Viscount Mordaunt, later earl of Monmouth and, later, earl of Peterborough, 21 February 1689. [printed in King, Life (1829), pp. 173-175; De Beer, iii. 1116; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, pp. 134-136]
ff. 200-202:   Letter from [John Freke? and Edward Clarke?] to [Locke?], 26 January 1697. [De Beer, v. 2183 (not printed)]
f. 203:   Letter to Isaac Newton (draft), 5 October 1693. [printed in Dugald Stewart, “Dissertation …” (1815); King, Life (1829), pp. 224-225; Newton, Correspondence (1959- ), iii. 283-284; De Beer, iv. 1663; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, pp. 188-189]
f. 204:   Letter to John Norris (draft), 6 June 1692. [printed De Beer, iv. 1505]
f. 205:   Letters to Norris (drafts), 5 December 1692 and 23 January 1693. [printed De Beer, iv. 1575, 1595]
f. 206:   Letter to P E [Elinor Parry?], 4 January 1661. [printed De Beer, i. 112]
f. 207:   Letter to P E [Elinor Parry?], 13 April [1661?]. [printed De Beer, i. 119]
f. 208:   Letter to P E [Elinor Parry?], [c. 16 February 1659?]. [printed De Beer, i. 48]
f. 209:   Letter to P E [Elinor Parry?], [early December 1659?]. [printed De Beer, i. 87]
f. 210:   Letter to P E [Elinor Parry?], [early September 1659?].
[printed De Beer, i. 72; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 11-12]
f. 211:   Letter to P E [Elinor Parry?], [late August 1659?]. [printed De Beer, i. 70]
ff. 212-213:   Letter to P E [Elinor Parry?], [late September 1659?]. [printed De Beer, i. 79]
f. 214:   Letter to P E [Elinor Parry?], [c. 25 April 1661?]. [printed De Beer, i. 120]
ff. 215-216:   Letter to P E [Elinor Parry?], [early May 1661?]. [printed De Beer, i. 122]
f. 217:   Letter to P E [Elinor Parry?], [August 1659?]. [printed De Beer, i. 69]
f. 218:   Letter to P E [Elinor Parry?], [mid-October 1659?]. [printed De Beer, i. 80]
f. 219:   Letter to P E [Elinor Parry?], [mid-September 1659?]. [printed De Beer, i. 74]
f. 220:   Letter to P E [Elinor Parry?], [mid-December 1659?]. [printed De Beer, i. 89]
ff. 221-222:   Letter to [John Parry?], [c. 15 Decenber 1666]. [printed De Beer, i. 219; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 35-36; passage printed, along with passages from another letter, as a single letter in King, Life (1829), p. 27-28]
f. 222v:   Letter to an unknown correspondent, [late December 1666?]. [printed De Beer, i. 221]
f. 223:   Letter to P A [Col. Alexander Popham], [c. April 1660?].
[printed De Beer, i. 96; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 21]
ff. 224-225:   Letter to William Prettyman, 11 December 1672. [printed De Beer, i. 266]
f. 226:   Letter to Sir John Somers, later Baron Somers, 7 January 1696/7. [printed De Beer, v. 2172]
f. 227:   Letter to Somers, 1 February 1696/7. [printed De Beer, v. 2186]
ff. 228-229:   Letter to Somers (draft), 28 January 1697/8. [printed De Beer, vi. 2384; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 259-261]
f. 230:   Letter to John Strachey, [c. 26 December 1665/5 January 1666?].
[printed in King, Life (1829), p. 13-18; De Beer, i. 180
f. 231:   Letter to [John Strachey?], [early January 1666?].
[printed in King, Life (1829), p. 18-20; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 30-32]; De Beer, i. 182
f. 232:   Letter to John Strachey, 14/24 December 1665.
[printed in King, Life (1829), p. 21-25; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 28-30]; De Beer, i. 177
ff. 233-234:   Letter to John Strachey, 2/12 February 1666. [printed De Beer, i. 184]
ff. 235-236:   Letter to John Strachey, 22 February 1666.
[De Beer, i. 186; passages printed in King, Life (1829), p. 25]
ff. 237-238:   Letter to John Strachey, 28 February 1666.
[printed in King, Life (1829), p. 25-26; De Beer, i. 187]
ff. 239-230:   Letter to John Strachey, 6 March 1666. [printed De Beer, i. 188]
f. 241:   Letter to [John Strachey?], 13 March 1666. [printed De Beer, i. 189]
ff. 242-243:   Letter to John Strachey, 20 March 1666. [printed De Beer, i. 191]
ff. 244-245:   Letter to John Strachey, 15 june [1667]. [printed in King, Life (1829), p. 26-27; De Beer, i. 226; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 39]
ff. 246-258, pp. 13-18:   Letter to John Strachey, [c. 26 December 1665/5 January 1666?] [incomplete draft or copy; see f. 230 above].
ff. 246-258, pp. 18-20, 22, 24-26, 28-31:   Letter to John Strachey, 14/24 December 1665 [incomplete draft or copy; see f. 232 above].
ff. 246-258, pp. 31-34:   Letter to [John Strachey?], [early January 1666]. [draft or copy; see f. 231 above].
ff. 247-248:   Letter to William Godolphin, 12-22 December 1665.
[printed De Beer, i. 176; part printed in King, Life (1829), p. 12-13]
f. 251v-252v:   Letter to William Godolphin, 19/29 December 1665 [draft or copy; original in MS. Locke c. 39, ff. 11-12].
f. 252v-253v:   Letter to William Godolphin, 26 December 1665/5 January 1666. [printed De Beer, i. 179]
f. 254v-255v:   Letter to William Godolphin, 30 December 1665/9 January 1666. [draft or copy; original in MS. Locke c. 39, ff. 13-14]
ff. 259-260:   Letter to Mrs.Jane Stringer (draft), 25 July 1689. [printed De Beer, iii. 1165]
ff. 262-263:   Letter to Thomas Stringer (draft), [c. 6/16 May 1688]. [printed De Beer, iii. 1046]
f. 264:   Letter to Stringer (copy), 15 October 1692. [printed De Beer, iv. 1542]
f. 265:   Letter to Stringer (draft or copy), 28 October 1692. [printed De Beer, iv. 1551]
f. 266:   Letter to S T [Thomas Symes?], [August 1659?]. [printed De Beer, i. 67]
f. 267:   Letter to W J [Isaiah Ward?], [August 1659?]. [printed De Beer, i. 68]
f. 268:   Letter to Thomas Tenison, archbishop of Canterbury (draft), 27 February 1696; letter sent in Lambeth Palace Library, MS. 930, no. 23. [printed (from the letter sent) De Beer, v. 2021]
f. 269:   Letter to Tenison (draft), 9 March 1696. [printed De Beer, v. 2031]
ff. 270-271:   Letter to Tenison (draft), 15 January 1697/8. [printed De Beer, vi. 2378]
ff. 272-273:   Letter to Louis Thiery, [autumn 1653?]. [printed De Beer, i. 11]
f. 274:   Letter to Mrs. Honor Thomas (draft), 22 September 1694. [printed De Beer, v. 1790]
f. 275:   Letter to William Thomas (draft), 16 [i.e. 17] April 1694. [printed De Beer, v. 1733]
f. 276:   Letter to [Samuel Tilly?], [early September 1655?]. [printed De Beer, i. 22]
ff. 277-278:   Letter to James Tyrrell (copy), 4 August 1690. [printed in King, Life (1829), p. 197-200; De Beer, iv. 1309; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 150-152]
f. 279:   Letter to Tyrrell (draft or copy), 22 Ocotber 1694. [printed De Beer, v. 1803]
f. 280:   Letter to U. W. [William Uvedale?], [late March 1659?]. [printed De Beer, i. 52]
ff. 281-282:   Letter to William Uvedale, 29 April 1663. [printed De Beer, i. 158]
ff. 283-284:   Letter to Dr. Daniel Whitby (draft), 17 January 1698/9. [printed De Beer, vi. 2436]
f. 285:   Letter to Dr. Whitby (copy), 17 September 1702. [printed De Beer, vii. 3188]
f. 286:   Letter from Edward Clarke and Locke to Sir Thomas Willis (draft, written by Locke), 2 September 1698. [printed De Beer, vi. 2484]
f. 287:   Letter to John Wynne (draft), 8 February 1695. [printed in King, Life (1829), p. 191-192; De Beer, v. 1846; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 205-206]
f. 288r:   Letter to T A E [Godophin?], [1653?] (part). [printed De Beer, i. 10]
f. 288v:   Letter to G.O.W [Godophin?], [early 1653?] (part). [printed De Beer, i. 9]
f. 289r:   Letter to T A E [Godophin?], [1653?] (part). [printed De Beer, i. 10]
f. 289v:   Letter to P. A. [Popham?], [late 1652?]. [printed De Beer, i. 8]
f. 290r, 290v:   Letter to G.O.W [Godophin?], [early 1653?] (part). [printed De Beer, i. 9]
f. 291r:   Letter to B E, [1654 or 1655?] (part). [printed De Beer, i. 14]
f. 291v:   Letter to G.R. [Thomas Grenfeild?], [July 1655?]. [printed De Beer, i. 18]
f. 292r:   Letter to B E, [1654 or 1655?] (part). [printed De Beer, i. 14]
f. 292v:   Letter to A M, [early 1654?]. [printed De Beer, i. 13]
f. 293r:   Letter to N, [January-February 1654?]. [printed De Beer, i. 12]
f. 293v:   Letter to T.G.V. [Thomas Grenfeild?], [mid-August 1655?]. [printed De Beer, i. 20]

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