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LOCKE CORRESPONDENCE

Correspondence, etc., of John Locke, philosopher, consisting of forty-two autograph letters to his friend Edward Clarke, of Chipley, a portion of a letter-book containing his letters to Anthony Collins, and other papers; 1678-1745. The MS. was freely used by H. R. Fox Bourne when compiling The Life of John Locke, 2 vols., 1876. Cf. also the edition by

Benjamin Rand, The correspondence of John Locke and Edward Clarke, 1927. The principal contents are as follows:-

(1) J. Locke to Anthony Collins, 'To be deliver'd to him after my decease'; Oates, 23 Aug. 1704. Copy. Printed partly in The Works of John Locke, 1823 edn., x, p. 298. ff. 1-2.

(2) Antonius Borgesius to J. Locke on his 'Reasonableness of Christianity'; circa 1695. Latin. Imperfect. ff. 4-9b.

(3) 'Mr Locke's Extempore Advice, etc.' Printed in Works, iii, p. 293, with the title 'Some thoughts concerning Reading and Study for a Gentleman'. ff. 11-14.

(4) Correspondence of Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, with John Fell, Bishop of Oxford, concerning J. Locke's conduct at, and expulsion from, Christ Church; 6-16 Nov. 1684. Copies. Cf. Fox Bourne's The Life of John Locke, i, pp. 483-485. ff. 15-16b.

(5) Letter-book of letters from J. Locke to:-(a) Anthony Collins; Oates, 4 May 1703-1 Oct. 1704. Cf. Works, x, pp. 261-31 1. ff. 17-52;-

(b) Lady Calverley; n.d. Cf. Works, x, p. 268. ff. 52-55.

(6) J. Locke to Edward Clarke, M.P.; 1689-1702. Autograph. Mostly printed in Fox Bourne's The Life of John Locke, ii, passim. ff. 56-107.

(7) The same to Denis Grenville (Dean of Durham 1684); Paris, 23 Mar.

16 78/79, 6 Dec. 1678. Two letters copied 'from the originals in the possession of Richard Rawlinson, L.L.D.' by Birch. Cf. op. cit., i, pp. 390, 394. ff. 109-114, 115-119. Paper; ff. 119. Quarto. 1678-1745.

John Locke, philosopher: Correspondence and papers: 1678-1704.

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f. 3 John Ward, d 1758 LLD, FRS; Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College: Letter to T. Stack: 1745.
f. 4 Antonius Borgesius, DD: Letter from (?), to J. Locke: circ. 1695.: Lat.: Imperf.
ff. 15-16 Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland: Correspondence with the Bp. of Oxford: 1684.: Copies.
ff. 15-16 John Fell, DD, Dean of Christ Church, Bishop of Oxford (1676): Correspondence with Lord Sunderland: 1684.: Copies.
f. 52 Frances Calverley, wife of Sir Walter Calverley: Letter to, from J. Locke: late 17th cent.: Copy.
ff.56-107 Edward Clarke, of Chipley Park, county Somerset, MP for Taunton: Letters to, from J. Locke: 1689-1702.
f. 108 Edward Clarke, of Chipley Park, county Somerset, MP for Taunton: Letter to, from J. Cary: 1695.
f. 108 John Cary: Letter to E. Clarke: 1695.
ff. 109-119 Denis Grenville, DD; Dean of Durham 1684: Letters to, from J. Locke: 1678, 1679.: Copies.

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Add MS 4101-4478 : Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was…

Add MS 4290 : LOCKE CORRESPONDENCE Correspondence, etc., of John Locke, philosopher, consisting of forty-two autograph letters to his friend…

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Borgesius, Antonius, DD
Calverley, Frances, wife of Sir Walter Calverley
Cary, John, of Add MS 4290
Clarke, Edward, of Chipley Park, county Somerset, MP for Taunton
Fell, John, clergyman and academic, 1625-1686
Granville, Denis, clergyman, Jacobite and Dean of Durham, 1637-1703
Locke, John, philosopher, 1632-1704
Spencer, Robert, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, 1641-1702
Ward, John, LLD, FRS; Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, d 1758