British Library

Add. MS. 28,728

Letters from Locke to Nicolas Toinard, 1678-1706, and other miscellaneous papers. Collected by Jacques-Charles Brunet. Purchased from M. Labussiere on 27 May 1871.

Includes:

ff. 1-2:

Letter from Locke, 4/14 July 1678.

Superscription: Orleans. 14 Jul. 78

Signature: Monsieur | Votre tres humble et tres acquis serviteur | John Locke

Address: A Monsieur Monsieur Toynard á la teste noire | rue Mazarin | Fauxbourg st Germain | á Paris

Endorsement: (by Toinard) 14.Juil.78.

In French; answered by Toinard on 12/22 July.

Printed: De Beer, i. 390; Ollion (ed.), Notes sur la correspondance de John Locke (1908), pp. 28-30; and Ollion (ed.), Lettres inédites de John Locke à ses amis …, pp. 14-17.

ff. 3-4:

Letter from Locke, 15 July 1679.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Notes (1908), pp. 44-48; Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 27-31; De Beer, ii. 485]

ff. 5-6:

Letter from Locke, 10 June 1680.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Notes (1908), pp. 74-77; Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 52-55; De Beer, ii. 546]

ff. 7-8:

Letter from Locke, 5 July 1680.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Notes (1908), pp. 78-79; Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 55-57; De Beer, ii. 552]

ff. 9-10:

Letter from Locke, 20 August [1680].

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Notes (1908), pp. 85-87; Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 61-63; De Beer, ii. 565]

f. 11:

List of places with magnetic variations; enclosed in a letter to Locke, 30 September 1701 (Add. MS. 28,836, ff. 15-17 [copy]).

[printed De Beer, vii. 3009]

ff. 12-15:

Letter from Locke, 4 September [October] 1680.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Notes (1908), pp. 89-94; Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 65-72; De Beer, ii. 580]

ff. 16-17:

Letter from Locke, 16 September 1680.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Notes (1908), pp. 98-99; , pp. 72-74; De Beer, ii. 571]

ff. 18-19:

Letter from Locke, 24 October 1680.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Notes (1908), pp. 101-104; Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 75-79; De Beer, ii. 587]

ff. 20-21:

Letter from Locke, 15 November 1680.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Notes (1908), pp. 106-107; Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 79-80; De Beer, ii. 592]

ff. 22-23:

Letter from Locke, 13 June 1681.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Notes (1908), pp. 135-136; Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 104-105; De Beer, ii. 640]

ff. 24-25:

Letter from Locke, 16/26 February [i.e. March] 1685.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 116-117; De Beer, ii. 814]

ff. 26-27:

Letter from Locke, 30 March/9 April 1685.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 117-118; De Beer, ii. 818]

ff. 28-29:

Letter from Locke, 29 April/9 May 1686.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Lettres, p. 118; De Beer, iii. 850]

ff. 30-31:

Letter from Locke, 5 November 1694.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 123-124; De Beer, v. 1808]

ff. 32-33:

Letter from Locke, 20 May 1698.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 127-128; De Beer, vi. 2442]

ff. 34-35:

Letter from Locke, 14 January and 20 February 1698/9.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 131-134; De Beer, vi. 2550]

ff. 36-37:

Letter from Locke, 1 May 1699.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 134-136; De Beer, vi. 2580]

ff. 38-39:

Letter from Locke, 5 December 1699.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 136-138; De Beer, vi. 2644]

ff. 40-41:

Letter from Locke, 21 May 1700.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 139-140; De Beer, vii. 2726]

ff. 42-43:

Letter from Locke, 28 May 1700.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Lettres, p. 141; De Beer, vii. 2728]

ff. 44-45:

Letter from Locke, 13 August 1700.

[printed in Ollion (ed.), Lettres, pp. 144-145; De Beer, vii. 2757]

ff. 46-53:

Adversariorum methodus [Latin version] [shortly before 30 March/9 April 1685?]

ff. 54-63:

Adversariorum methodus [English version] [shortly before 14/24 February 1685?]

ff. 65-69:

Miscellaneous papers