April 1678

Saturday, 2 April 1678, n.s.

23 March 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Letter dated: From Dr. Claude Brouchier, Aix; addressed to Locke in Paris. — [De Beer, i. 375]

Tuesday, 5 April 1678, n.s.

26 March 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Dysenteria, Arsenal, Musquets, C.B. [i.e. Caleb Banks], Exchange, Tarents, Panan, Xenophon, Tibiae, Atlantis — [Dewhurst, Lough, Lough “Reading”, Bellatella]. Note: There is a gap in the dates in the journal between 5 and 12 April; these entries may have been written between these dates.

Monday, 11 March 1678, n.s.

1 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Letter dated: From Sir John Banks, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London; addressed to Locke in Paris. — [De Beer, i. 376]

Tuesday, 12 April 1678, n.s.

2 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Karat, Phanan, Taren, Revenue — [Lough]

Wednesday, 13 April 1678, n.s.

3 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Tengue, Diarrhaea — [Lough, Lough “Reading”, Dewhurst]

Letter dated: From Dr. Denis Grenville, Aix. — [De Beer, i. 376]

Thursday, 14 April 1678, n.s.

4 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Dysenteria [twice], Quartan, Nephritis — [Dewhurst]

Friday, 15 April 1678, n.s.

5 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Perdo, Pyrard, Tangue — [Lough “Reading”]

Saturday, 16 April 1678, n.s.

6 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Trigaut, China, Bonsuruques, Arco, Tangue, Croisade, Raiso, Vintain, Figues — [Lough “Reading”]

Tuesday, 19 April 1678, n.s.

9 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Calculi section, Drabicius, Prophesie, Toleration, Muy, Taxes, Pipe, Arabe, Croisade — [Dewhurst, Lough, Goldie, Lough “Reading”]

Thursday, 21 April 1678, n.s.

11 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Guns, Charge, Bullet moulds, Fermentation, Aer, Law — [Lough, Goldie]

Friday, 22 April 1678, n.s.

12 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Fabri, Formes, Animalium oeconomia, Bayle [François Bayle] — [Lough “Reading”, Dewhurst]

Saturday, 23 April 1678, n.s.

13 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entry: Taxes — [Lough]

Monday, 25 April 1678, n.s.

15 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Letter dated: From Thomas Stringer; addressed to Locke in Paris; received (?) 2 May. — [De Beer, i. 378]

Thursday, 28 April 1678, n.s.

18 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Guns, Iron, Bras[s] — [Lough]

Saturday, 30 April 1678, n.s.

20 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Venerea, Suppurativum, Anodynum — [Dewhurst]

Letter dated: To George Walls (no longer survives). — [see De Beer, i. 409]

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.

Bellatella = Atlantis : spunti e appunti su un inedito lockiano / Luciana Bellatalla – Lucca : Maria Pacini Fazzi editore, 1983.

Goldie = Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

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)