John Locke Manuscripts -- Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 39

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MS. Locke c. 39

A guardbook in which are mounted miscellaneous papers acquired by the Bodleian between 1951 and 1957.
22 leaves.

f. 3: Drafts for The fundamental consitutions of Carolina [1669?]; typescript of the original manuscript in the possession of Peter Laslett.

ff. 5-10: “Qs on S.P.’s [Samuel Parker’s] discourse of toleration” (1669); acquired from Sotheby, 15 March 1954, lot 265.

ff. 11-14: Two letters to William Godolphin from Cleve, 1665-66. Lot 709 in Sotheby’s sale, 11 December 1957; purchased with aid from E. S. de Beer.

ff. 11-12: Letter to Godolphin, 19/29 December 1665 [draft or copy in MS. Locke c. 24, ff. 251^v-252^v]. [printed De Beer, i. 178]

ff. 13-14: Letter to Godolphin, 30 December 1665/9 January 1666 [draft or copy in MS. Locke c. 24, ff. 254^v-255^v]. [printed De Beer, i. 181]

f. 15: Letter from Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury, 23 May 1702; purchased at Sotheby’s sale, 11 December 1957, lot 720. [printed De Beer, vii. 3139]

ff. 21-22: Letter to Nicolas Toinard, 11/21 July 1678. [printed De Beer, i. 390A]