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August 1677
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Sunday, 1 August 1677, n.s.
22 July 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: Invalides, Invalids, Villault — [Lough, Dewhurst]
Monday, 2 August 1677, n.s.
23 July 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entry: Ulcera — [Dewhurst]
Letter dated: From Sir John Banks. — [De Beer, i. 346]
Tuesday, 3 August 1677, n.s.
24 July 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: Faciei pustulae, Charas, Stringer, Wall, B. [i.e. Caleb Banks] — [Dewhurst, Lough]
Letter received (?): From Thomas Stringer. — [De Beer, i. 344]. The letter is dated l3 July [o.s.]; mentioned in the Journal (see “Stringer” and “Wall” above).
Wednesday, 4 August 1677, n.s.
25 July 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: B. [i.e. Caleb Banks], Walk — [Lough]
Letter dated: From Dr. John Mapletoft. — [De Beer, i. 347]
Thursday, 5 August 1677, n.s.
26 July 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entry: B. [i.e. Caleb Banks] — [Lough]
Friday, 6 August 1677, n.s.
27 July 1677, o.s.
Weather observations at Paris, “Cloudy. Very cold. Rain in the afternoon.” — [Journal, ed. Lough; shorthand]
Journal entries: Pendulum, Ks Library, Printing — [Lough]
Saturday, 7 August 1677, n.s.
28 July 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: Measures, Pendulum, Colbert, Levell — [Lough]
Sunday, 8 August 1677, n.s.
29 July 1677, o.s.
Weather observations at Paris, “[Wind] S.W. Misty rain.” — [Journal, ed. Lough; shorthand]
Journal entries: Italici scriptores, Cartesij opera — [Lough, Aaron & Gibb]
Monday, 9 August 1677, n.s.
30 July 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: Piostres, Rocqueville, Moquet, B. [i.e. Caleb Banks] — [Lough]
Letter dated: To Dr. John Mapletoft. — [De Beer, i. 348]
Tuesday, 10 August 1677, n.s.
31 July 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entry: B. [i.e. Caleb Banks] — [Lough]
Wednesday, 11 August 1677, n.s.
1 August 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: Authores ad usam Delphini, Menstrua, Hemina, Mauriceau, Cartesius [in Latin] — [Lough, Dewhurst]
Saturday, 14 August 1677, n.s.
4 August 1677, o.s.
[To St. Clou] — [Journal 1677, page 230]
Journal entries: St Clou, Walks, Apple trees, Arbres, Parfumeing — [Lough]
Tuesday, 17 August 1677, n.s.
7 August 1677, o.s.
“From St. Clou to Meudon 1 league. … From Meudon to Isis [Issy] 1 league.” [Return to Paris?] — [Journal 1677, pages 231-232]
Wednesday, 18 August 1677, n.s.
8 August 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entry: B. [i.e. Caleb Banks] — [Lough]
Thursday, 19 August 1677, n.s.
9 August 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entry: B. [i.e. Caleb Banks] — [Lough]
Letter dated: From Sir John Banks. — [De Beer, i. 349]
Friday, 20 August 1677, n.s.
10 August 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: Mony, Sestertius, Denarius [twice], Talentum, Drachma, Grossus, Marca, Aurum, Haemorrhoides [twice], Hysterica [in Latin], Vulnera, Sestertia — [Dewhurst]
Saturday, 21 August 1677, n.s.
11 August 1677, o.s.
Weather observations at Paris, “Rain Saturday & Sunday.” — [Journal, ed. Lough; part shorthand]
Tuesday, 24 August 1677, n.s.
14 August 1677, o.s.
[To Versailles] — [Journal 1677, page 236]
Wednesday, 25 August 1677, n.s.
15 August 1677, o.s.
At Versailles.
Journal entry: Versailes [repeated on pages 236, 238] — [Lough]
Thursday, 26 August 1677, n.s.
16 August 1677, o.s.
[Return to Paris?] — [Journal 1677, page 244]
Journal entries: Versailes [repeated on pages 240, 242], Windemils to raise water — [Lough]
Letters dated: To William Charleton. — [De Beer, i. 350]; from Thomas Stringer. — [De Beer, i. 351]
Stringer’s letter includes a request from Shaftesbury for “the best mapps of Champaigne, Loraigne, Luxenburge, and the Country between the River Sambre and Luxenburg. because the war in probability will come there againe.” Locke purchased the maps on 20/30 September [Journal 1677, page 279] and dispatched them to England on 26 September/2 October.
Friday, 27 August 1677, n.s.
17 August 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: Talentum [twice], Drachma [twice], Medin, Para
Saturday, 28 August 1677, n.s.
18 August 1677, o.s.
At Paris.
Letter dated: To Sir John Banks. — [De Beer, i. 352]
Sources:
Journal 1677 =
MS. Locke f. 2, as transcribed in:
Lough = Locke’s travels in France, 1675-1679 : as related in his journals, correspondence and other papers / edited with an introduction and notes by John Lough. – Cambridge : University Press, 1953.
Dewhurst = John Locke (1632-1704), physician and philosopher : a medical biography : with an edition of the medical notes in his journals / by Kenneth Dewhurst. – London : Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1963.
Aaron & Gibb = An early draft of Locke’s Essay : together with excerpts from his journals / edited by R.I. Aaron and Jocelyn Gibb. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1936.
De Beer = The correspondence of John Locke / edited by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976-89. – 8 vols. – (Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke)
