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MS. Locke c. 30

A guardbook in which are mounted papers relating to trade and the colonies, 1671-1702.
135 leaves.
ff. 18-19:   “Trade”: notes by Locke for an essay on trade (1674)
f. 43:   “Reasons why the paper manufacture in England has not succeeded” (1696): Memorandum sent to Locke as member of the Board of Trade.
ff. 45-46:   Copy of an instrument of arbitration made in Holland, written in Dutch by Paul D’Aranda, with an English translation; written as a letter from D’Aranda to Locke, [August/September 1696?]; endorsed “Trade” and “Arbitration 96.” [De Beer, v. 2123 (not printed)]
ff. 86-93 (ff. 86r, 88v-93 blank):   Notes on poor children and vagrants (1697): Notes for the Essay on the Poor Law.
ff. 127-128:   “A Memoriall concerning the settling a Colony on the Istmus of Darien in America,” signed “W.T.” [William Thomas] and endorsed by Locke “Darien.” enclosed in a letter from Thomas to Locke, [28? May 1698]. [printed in De Beer, vi. 2452]


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