January 1678

Saturday, 1 January 1678, n.s.

22 December 1677, o.s.

[At Paris].

Letter dated: From Thomas Stringer [no longer survives]; received (?) 22 Jan 1677/1 Feb 1678 [no longer survives]. — [Journal 1678, page 34]

Wednesday, 5 January 1678, n.s.

26 December 1677, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entry: B. [i.e. Caleb Banks] — [Lough]

Thursday, 6 January 1678, n.s.

27 December 1677, o.s.

At Paris.

Letter dated: From Sir John Banks, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London; addressed to Locke in Paris. — [De Beer, i. 365]

Saturday, 8 January 1678, n.s.

29 December 1677, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Cornes [in shorthand], Loosnesse, Diarrhaea, Veneria/Venerea, Salivatio — [Dewhurst]

Letter dated: From Dr. Denis Grenville, Aix; addressed to Locke in Paris. — [De Beer, i. 366]

Sunday, 9 January 1678, n.s.

30 December 1677, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Palentin, Poison [in French] — [Dewhurst]

Note: Locke dates this day “Mond. Jan. 9”; the entries might have been written on either Jan. 9 or 10.

Tuesday, 11 January 1678, n.s.

1 January 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Mony, Aspers, Shahees, Sultane, Sherafe, Medine

Saturday, 15 January 1678, n.s.

5 January 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entry: Vulnus — [Dewhurst]

Letter dated: To Sir John Banks [draft]. — [De Beer, i. 367]

Monday, 17 January 1678, n.s.

7 January 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entry: Pay — [Lough]

Thursday, 20 January 1678, n.s.

10 January 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Relation [repeated on pages 5 and 6], Space [repeated on pages 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16] — [Aaron & Gibb]

Letter dated: From Dr. John Mapletoft, Gresham College, London. — [De Beer, i. 368]

Friday, 21 January 1678, n.s.

11 January 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entry: D Thomas — [Lough]

Saturday, 22 January 1678, n.s.

12 January 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Memory, Imagination, Madnesse [repeated on pages 19 and 20] — [Aaron & Gibb]

Sunday, 23 January 1678, n.s.

13 January 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Prejudice, Discourse, Espagne — [Cox, Lough “Reading”]

Monday, 24 January 1678, n.s.

14 January 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Mercury, C: Northumberland, Sudor diaphoretique, Space — [Dewhurst, Aaron & Gibb]

Wednesday, 26 January 1678, n.s.

16 January 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entry: Walk — [Lough]

Thursday, 27 January 1678, n.s.

17 January 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entry: C: Northumberland — [Dewhurst]

Saturday, 29 January 1678, n.s.

19 January 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Measures, Pendule, Diarrhaea [repeated on pages 27 and 28] — [Lough, Dewhurst]

Sunday, 30 January 1678, n.s.

20 January 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entry: Diarrhaea — [Lough, Dewhurst]

Sources:
Journal 1678 = MS. Locke f. 3, 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.

Lough “Reading” = “Locke’s reading during his stay in France (1675-79)” / by John Lough. // IN: The Library. – 5th series:8 (1953): 229-258.

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.

Cox = Locke on war and peace / by Richard H. Cox. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1960.

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)