August 1678

Monday, 1 August 1678, n.s.

22 July 1678, o.s.

At Blois.

Journal entry: Chez roulant [i.e. Chaise roulante] — [Lough].

Letter dated: From Mrs. A. Beavis, Paris; addressed to Locke at Blois. — [De Beer, i. 395]

Tuesday, 2 August 1678, n.s.

23 July 1678, o.s.

At Blois.

Journal entry: Brunye — [Lough].

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

Wednesday, 3 August 1678, n.s.

24 July 1678, o.s.

At Blois.

Journal entries: Oleum amyg:, Shoes — [Lough].

Thursday, 4 August 1678, n.s.

25 July 1678, o.s.

At Blois.

Letter dated: From Sir John Banks, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London. — [De Beer, i. 396]

Friday, 5 August 1678, n.s.

26 July 1678, o.s.

“We saw Menars, a fine house … situated about 2 leagues above Bloys … We also say Chambort … about 3 leagues from Bloys … We also saw Beauregard, a litle house … about 1½ leagues from Bloys.” — [Journal 1678, pages 233-236]

Journal entries: Menars, Chambort, Beauregard, Well, Janison — [Lough].

Saturday, 6 August 1678, n.s.

27 July 1678, o.s.

At Blois.

Journal entries: Poinson, Brandy, Wine, Weights — [Lough].

Letter dated: To Robert Boyle; written at Blois. — [De Beer, i. 397]

Monday, 8 August 1678, n.s.

29 July 1678, o.s.

“From Bloys to Tours 16 leagues …” — [Journal 1678, page 241]

Journal entry: Tours — [Lough].

Tuesday, 9 August 1678, n.s.

30 July 1678, o.s.

At Tours.

Journal entries: Plumbs [repeated on pages 241 and 242], Marmoustier, Grapes, Peare — [Lough].

Wednesday, 10 August 1678, n.s.

31 July 1678, o.s.

“From Tours to Verret 2 leagues … [returned to Tours]” — [Journal 1678, page 243]

Weather observations: “Though this be but the last day of July in England, yet these 2 or 3 days past I found the weather soe cold here that I found it convenient to get on my flanen shirt, & should not have been troubled with a waistcoat. Ever since we came to Orleans, the winde has been west, & commonly rises & sets with the sun.” — [Journal, ed. Lough]

Journal entries: Verret, Architecture, Weather, Winde, Silke trade, Wages, Plumbs — [Lough].

Thursday, 11 August 1678, n.s.

1 Aug 1678, o.s.

At Tours.

Journal entries: Silkweaveing, Calendering, Mony [in French], Mesures [in French] — [Lough].

Friday, 12 August 1678, n.s.

2 August 1678, o.s.

“From Tours to Saumur 17 leagues, cariage by water in a boat by our selves … At Langer [Langeais], 6 leagues short of Saumur, we went a shore to seek Mellons …” — [Journal 1678, page 252]

Journal entries: Saumur, Langer, Melons — [Lough].

Saturday, 13 August 1678, n.s.

3 Aug 1678, o.s.

At Saumur.

Letters dated: From William Charleton (no longer survives). — [see De Beer, i. 407]; from Dr. Thomas Sydenham, Pall Mall, London. — [De Beer, i. 398]

Monday, 15 August 1678, n.s.

5 Aug 1678, o.s.

At Saumur.

Journal entries: Rates, Plumbs, Plumbs dryeing, Peaches drying, Pears drying, Pears, Peaches, Melons — [Lough].

Tuesday, 16 August 1678, n.s.

6 Aug 1678, o.s.

At Saumur.

Journal entry: Ambitious — [Lough “Reading”].

Thursday, 18 August 1678, n.s.

8 Aug 1678, o.s.

At Saumur.

Journal entries: Pears, Wine, Taxes — [Lough].

Friday, 19 August 1678, n.s.

9 August 1678, o.s.

“From Saumur to Angers 10 leagues …” — [Journal 1678, page 256]

Journal entry: Angers — [Lough].

Saturday, 20 August 1678, n.s.

10 Aug 1678, o.s.

At Angers.

Journal entry: Prayers for the dead — [Lough].

Letter dated: To Nicolas Toinard, Paris; written at Angers. — [De Beer, i. 399]

Monday, 22 August 1678, n.s.

12 Aug 1678, o.s.

At Angers.

Journal entries: Salt, Boisseau — [Lough].

Letters dated: To de Juigné-Losé; written at Angers. — [De Beer, i. 400]; from Mme M.-L. Brunyer, Blois; addressed to Locke at Angers. — [De Beer, i. 401]

Tuesday, 23 August 1678, n.s.

13 Aug 1678, o.s.

At Angers.

Journal entries: Reliques, Miracles — [Lough].

Wednesday, 24 August 1678, n.s.

14 Aug 1678, o.s.

At Angers.

Journal entries: Organ, Ivory, Writeing, Ink, Parchmin — [Lough].

Thursday, 25 August 1678, n.s.

15 Aug 1678, o.s.

At Angers.

Journal entries: Macres, Modes complex, Louve, Sepulchru[m] Christi — [Lough, Aaron & Gibb].

Letter dated: From Sir John Banks (no longer survives). — [see De Beer, i. 404]

Friday, 26 August 1678, n.s.

16 August 1678, o.s.

“We saw the quarrys of Ardoise.” — [Journal 1678, page 264]

Journal entries: Ardoise, Wages, Gonorrhaea, Capitis dolor, Dentius dolor, Wine, Vertue, Atheists — [Lough, Dewhurst, Goldie].

Saturday, 27 August 1678, n.s.

17 Aug 1678, o.s.

At Angers.

Journal entries: Figues, Kitchen, Well — [Lough].

Letters dated: From Nicolas Toinard, Paris; addressed to Locke at La Rochelle. — [De Beer, i. 402]

Sunday, 28 August 1678, n.s.

18 Aug 1678, o.s.

At Angers.

Journal entry: Measures — [Lough].

Monday, 29 August 1678, n.s.

19 August 1678, o.s.

“From Angers to Saumur 10 litle leagues.” — [Journal 1678, page 270]

Journal entries: B [i.e. Caleb Banks], Angiers — [Lough].

Tuesday, 30 August 1678, n.s.

20 August 1678, o.s.

“From Saumur to Chinon 6 leagues. … From Chinon to Richelieu 4 leagues.” — [Journal 1678, pages 271-272]

Journal entries: Saumur, Chinon, Oyle of wallnuts, Lery, Thevet, Histoire generale des Indes, Fountains — [Lough, Lough “Reading”].

Letters dated: To Sir John Banks (no longer survives). — [see De Beer, i. 406]

Wednesday, 31 August 1678, n.s.

21 August 1678, o.s.

“From Richleiue [sic] we went to Milleray [La Meilleraye] 11 or 12 leagues.” — [Journal 1678, page 275]

Journal entries: Richleiu, Milleray [i.e. La Meilleraye] — [Lough].

Letters dated: From Peter Locke to Thomas Stringer; written at Sutton; addressed to Stringer at Thanet House London. — [De Beer, i. (402)]

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.

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)