Bodleian Library, Oxford University

MS. Locke c. 13

A guardbook in which are mounted letters to Locke from Jean Le Clerc, Frans van Limborch (son of Locke’s friend Philippus van Limborch), and others.

251 leaves.

Individual items in the volume include:

King, Richard   [3 letters, 1701-1703]

ff. 1-2:

Letter from King, 13 January [1701].

[printed De Beer, vii. 2843]

f. 3:

Letter from King, 13 September [1703].

[printed De Beer, viii. 3333]

ff. 4-5:

Letter from King, 9 October [1703].

[printed De Beer, viii. 3346; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, pp. 318-319]

King, William, Bishop of Derry   [1 letter, 1692?]

ff. 6-7:

Letter from Bishop King to William Molyneux, [early 1692?].

[printed De Beer, iv. (1544)]

Kingwell, Margaret   [1 letter fragment]

f. 8:

Fragment of a letter from Kingwell to an unknown correspondent, [undated].

Signature: Marg: Kingwell

Printed: De Beer, i. 149 n.

Kiplin, Timothy, sen.   [2 letters, 1696-1697]

f. 9:

Letter from Kiplin, 6 January 1696/[97].

[printed De Beer, v. 2171]

ff. 10-11:

Letter from Timothy Kiplin, sen., and Timothy Kiplin, jnr., to J. Plumpton, 10 October 1696; enclosed in letter from Robert Liddell to Locke, 12 October 1696 (ff. 173-174).

[printed De Beer, v. (2134)]

Knorr von Rosenroth, Christian   [1 letter, 1688]

f. 14:

Observationes [on the Abregé of Locke’s Essay], [1688].

[printed De Beer, iii. (1024A)]

Lane, Arthur   [1 letter, 1699]

ff. 15-16:

Letter from Lane, 7 December 1699.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2647]

Lane, Joseph   [1 letter, 1700]

f. 17:

Letter from Lane, 9 January 1699/700.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2654]

La Treille, R. de   [2 letters, 1697]

ff. 18-19:

Letter from La Treille, [c. 8? July 1697].

[printed De Beer, vi. 2284]

f. 20:

Letter from La Treille, [c. 17 July 1697].

[printed De Beer, vi. 2286]

Layton, Henry, 1622-1705.   [1 letter, 1702]

ff. 21-22:

Letter from Layton, 8 June 1702.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3148]

Le Clerc, Jean   [66 letters, 1688-1704]

ff. 23-24:

Letter from Le Clerc, 13/23 July 1688.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres inédites de Le Clerc à Locke (1959), pp. 28-29; De Beer, iii. 1067; Le Clerc, Epistolario (1987-97), no. 144]

ff. 25-26:

Letter from Le Clerc, 4/14 October 1688.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 33-34; De Beer, iii. 1082; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 146]

ff. 27-28:

Letter from Le Clerc, 7/17 November 1688.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 34-35; De Beer, iii. 1089; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 147]

ff. 29-30:

Letter from Le Clerc, 2/12 February 1689.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 34-35; De Beer, iii. 1103; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 149]

ff. 31-32:

Letter from Le Clerc, 3/13 February 1689.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 36-37; De Beer, iii. 1104; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 150]

ff. 33-34:

Letter from Le Clerc, 9/19 April 1689.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 37-38; De Beer, iii. 1126; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 154]

ff. 35-36:

Letter from Le Clerc, 25 June/5 July 1689.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 38-39; De Beer, iii. 1154; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 157]

ff. 37-38:

Letter from Le Clerc, 28 October/7 November and 3/13 December 1689.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 40-41; De Beer, iii. 1216; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 161]

ff. 39-40:

Letter from Le Clerc, 28 October/7 November and 11/21 January 1690.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 41-42; De Beer, iii. 1234; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 162]

ff. 41-42:

Letter from Le Clerc, 7/17 March 1690.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 42-43; De Beer, iv. 1257; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 164]

f. 43:

Letter from Le Clerc, [c. 15/25 April 1690].

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, p. 43; De Beer, iv. 1284; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 167]

ff. 44-45:

Letter from Le Clerc, 22 October/1 November 1690.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 44-45; De Beer, iv. 1329; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 177]

ff. 46-47:

Letter from Le Clerc, 1/11 April 1691.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 45-46; De Beer, iv. 1381; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 187; one paragraph in King, Life (1829), p. 230]

ff. 48-49:

Letter from Le Clerc, 7/17 May 1691.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, p. 47; De Beer, iv. 1388; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 189]

ff. 50-51:

Letter from Le Clerc, 21/31 July 1691.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 47-48; De Beer, iv. 1410; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 191; excerpt in King, Life (1829), pp. 230-231]

ff. 52-53:

Letter from Le Clerc, 10/20 January 1692.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 49-50; De Beer, iv. 1446; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 195; passage in King, Life (1829), p. 231]

ff. 54-55, 78:

Letter from Le Clerc, 1/11 April 1692.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 50-53; De Beer, iv. 1486; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 196; excerpt in King, Life (1829), p. 231]

ff. 56-57:

Letter from Le Clerc, 5/15 July 1692.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 54-55; De Beer, iv. 1511; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 197; passage in King, Life (1829), pp. 231-232]

ff. 58-59:

Letter from Le Clerc, 16/26 August 1692.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 56-58; De Beer, iv. 1525; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 199]

ff. 60-61:

Letter from Le Clerc, 11/21 October 1692.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 58-60; De Beer, iv. 1541; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 200]

ff. 62-63:

Letter from Le Clerc, 25 November/5 December 1692.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 60-61; De Beer, iv. 1570; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 201]

ff. 64-65:

Letter from Le Clerc, 7/17 February 1693.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 62-63; De Beer, iv. 1600; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 203]

ff. 66-67:

Letter from Le Clerc, 6/16 April 1693.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, p. 63; De Beer, iv. 1621; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 205]

ff. 68-69:

Letter from Le Clerc, 27 April/7 May 1693.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, p. 64; De Beer, iv. 1623; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 208]

ff. 70-71:

Letter from Le Clerc, 6/16 June 1693.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 64-65; De Beer, iv. 1637; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 209]

ff. 72-73:

Letter from Le Clerc, 27 June/7 July 1693.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 65-67; De Beer, iv. 1641; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 210]

ff. 74-75:

Letter from Le Clerc, 15/25 August 1693.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 67-68; De Beer, iv. 1653; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 211]

ff. 76-77:

Letter from Le Clerc, 1/11 September 1693.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 76-77; De Beer, iv. 1657; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 213]

f. 78:

Part of letter from Le Clerc, 1/11 April 1692 (ff. 54-55).

ff. 79-80:

Letter from Le Clerc, 19/29 April 1694.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 70-72; De Beer, v. 1734; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 217]

ff. 81-82:

Letter from Le Clerc, 29 May/8 June 1694.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 72-74; De Beer, v. 1747; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 218]

ff. 83-84:

Letter from Le Clerc, 2/12 August 1694.

[printed in King, Life (1829), pp. 318-319; Bonno, Lettres, pp. 74-76; De Beer, v. 1767; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 219]

ff. 85-86:

Letter from Le Clerc, 26 October/5 November 1694.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 76-77; De Beer, v. 1805; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 223]

ff. 87-88:

Letter from Le Clerc, 27 November/7 December 1694.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 78-79; De Beer, v. 1820; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 226]

ff. 89-90:

Letter from Le Clerc, 1/11 January 1695.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 79-80; De Beer, v. 1832; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 230]

ff. 91-92:

Letter from Le Clerc, 5/15 March 1695.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 81-82; De Beer, v. 1855; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 237]

ff. 93-94:

Letter from Le Clerc, 19/29 April 1695.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 82-83; De Beer, v. 1880; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 239]

ff. 95-96:

Letter from Le Clerc, 31 May/10 June 1695.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 83-85; De Beer, v. 1912; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 240]

ff. 97-98:

Letter from Le Clerc, 28 June/8 July 1695.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 85-87; De Beer, v. 1916; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 241]

ff. 99-100:

Letter from Le Clerc, 20/30 August 1695.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 87-90; De Beer, v. 1933; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 242]

ff. 101-102:

Letter from Le Clerc, 15/25 October 1695.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 90-92; De Beer, v. 1958; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 248]

ff. 103-104:

Letter from Le Clerc, 10/20 January 1696; enclosing paper from Hendrik Wetstein, 5/15 January 1696 (MS. Locke c. 23, f. 79).

[letter printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 92-93; De Beer, v. 1999; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 252]

ff. 105-106:

Letter from Le Clerc, 13/23 February 1696.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 93-95; De Beer, v. 2014; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 254]

ff. 107-108:

Letter from Le Clerc, 23 June/3 July 1696.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, p. 95; De Beer, v. 2106; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 259]

ff. 109-110:

Letter from Le Clerc, 21/31 August 1696.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 96-97; De Beer, v. 2121; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 260]

ff. 111-112:

Letter from Le Clerc, 12/22 January 1697.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, p. 97; De Beer, v. 2174; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 266]

ff. 113-114:

Letter from Le Clerc, 30 March/9 April 1697.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 98-99; De Beer, vi. 2236; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 268]

ff. 115-116:

Letter from Le Clerc, 27 July/6 August 1697.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 100-101; De Beer, vi. 2289; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 273]

ff. 117-118:

Letter from Le Clerc, 15/25 August 1697.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 102-103; De Beer, vi. 2300; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 274]

ff. 119-120:

Letter from Le Clerc, 7/17 November 1697.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 104-106; De Beer, vi. 2348; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 279]

ff. 121-122:

Letter from Le Clerc, 5/15 March 1698.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 106-107; De Beer, vi. 2403; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 283]

ff. 123-124:

Letter from Le Clerc, 7/17 June 1698.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 107-108; De Beer, vi. 2453; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 288]

ff. 125-126:

Letter from Le Clerc, 3/13 January 1699.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 108-111; De Beer, vi. 2531; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 298]

ff. 127-128:

Letter from Le Clerc, 7/17 February 1699.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 111-112; De Beer, vi. 2544; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 299]

ff. 129-130:

Letter from Le Clerc, 8/18 June 1699.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 112-115; De Beer, vi. 2595; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 301]

ff. 131-132:

Letter from Le Clerc, 11/21 October 1699.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, p. 115; De Beer, vi. 2624; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 311]

ff. 133-134:

Letter from Le Clerc, 26 March/6 April 1700.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 116-117; De Beer, vii. 2698; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 320]

ff. 135-136:

Letter from Le Clerc, 1/12 October 1700.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 117-119; De Beer, vii. 2785; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 323]

ff. 137-138:

Letter from Le Clerc, 28 January/8 February 1701.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 119-121; De Beer, vii. 2854; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 326]

ff. 139-140:

Letter from Le Clerc, 19/30 May 1701.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 121-122; De Beer, vii. 2924; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 331]

ff. 141-142:

Letter from Le Clerc, 30 January/10 February 1702.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 122-123; De Beer, vii. 3080; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 332]

f. 143:

Letter from Le Clerc, 6/17 April 1702.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 123-124; De Beer, vii. 3124; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 333]

ff. 144-145:

Letter from Le Clerc, 4/15 May 1703.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 124-125; De Beer, vii. 3279; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 339]

ff. 146-147:

Letter from Le Clerc, 9/20 July 1703.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 126-127; De Beer, viii. 3319; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 343]

ff. 148-149:

Letter from Le Clerc, 22 February/4 March 1704.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 128-129; De Beer, viii. 3468; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 349]

ff. 150-151:

Letter from Le Clerc, 13/24 June 1704.

[printed in Bonno, Lettres, pp. 129-130; De Beer, viii. 3559; Le Clerc, Epistolario, no. 365]

Leenhof, Fredericus van, 1647-1713   [1 letter, 1688]

ff. 152-153:

Letter from Leenhof to Dr. Pieter Guenellon, 4/14 March 1688.

[printed De Beer, iii. (1024)]

Le Fevre, Dr. —   [1 letter, 1701]

ff. 154-155:

Letter from Dr. Le Fevre, 27 April 1701.

[printed De Beer, vii. 2909]

Leibniz, G. W.   [1 document, 1696]

ff. 158a-b:

Sur Essay de l’Entendement Humain de Monsieur Lock; Mr Leibnitz 96

Liddell, Robert   [2 letters, 1694, 1696]

ff. 171-172:

Letter from Liddell, 10 November 1694.

[printed De Beer, v. 1811]

ff. 173-174:

Letter from Liddell, 12 October 1696; enclosing letter from Timothy Kiplin, sen., and Timothy Kiplin, jnr., to J. Plumpton, 10 October 1696 (ff. 10-11).

[printed De Beer, v. 2134]

Lilburne, Richard   [1 letter, 1675]

ff. 175-177:

Letter from Lilburne, 12 August 1675.

Superscription: New-Providence August 12th 1675

Salutation: Sir

Signature: Sir | Your most humble servant | Richard Lilburne

Address: For Mr: John Locke at Exceter house in London

Endorsement: R Lilburne 12 Aug. 75

With an enclosure (f. 177) with “Answers to the Queries propos’d according to the best account, and observations which I could meet with here”.

Printed: De Beer, i. 300.

Limborch, Frans van, later Francis Limborch, 1676-1710   [37 letters, 1697-1704]

ff. 178-179:

Letter from Limborch, 16/26 March 1697.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2223]

f. 180:

Letter from Limborch, 12 April 1698.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2419]

ff. 181-182:

Letter from Limborch, 24 July/3 August 1699.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2606]

ff. 183-184:

Letter from Limborch, 15 April 1701.

[printed De Beer, vii. 2905]

ff. 185-186:

Letter from Limborch, 28 April 1701.

[printed De Beer, vii. 2910]

ff. 187-188:

Letter from Limborch, 19 May 1701.

[printed De Beer, vii. 2923]

ff. 189-190:

Letter from Limborch, 19 February 1701/2.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3098]

ff. 191-192:

Letter from Limborch, 28 March 1702.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3121]

ff. 193-194:

Bond from Limborch, 27 March 1702.

[De Beer, vii. 3121 n. (not printed)]

ff. 195-196:

Letter from Limborch, 2 April 1702.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3122]

ff. 197-198:

Letter from Limborch, 29 July 1702.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3172]

ff. 199-200:

Letter from Limborch, 20 August 1702.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3181]

ff. 201-202:

Letter from Limborch, 26 November 1702.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3220]

ff. 203-204:

Letter from Limborch, 12 December 1702.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3227]

ff. 205-206:

Letter from Limborch, 29 December 1702.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3233]

f. 207:

Letter from an anonymous correspondent to [Samuel Locke?]; enclosed in a letter from Samuel Locke to John Locke, 18 July 1701 (MS. Locke c. 14, ff. 218-219).

[printed De Beer, vii. (2961)]

ff. 208-209:

Letter from Limborch, 3 April 1703.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3264]

ff. 210-211:

Letter from Limborch, 15 April 1703.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3266]

ff. 212-213:

Letter from Limborch, 5 May 1703.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3280]

f. 214:

Letter from Limborch, 23 June 1703.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3304]

ff. 215-216:

Letter from Limborch, 6 July 1703.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3316]

ff. 217-218:

Letter from Limborch, 24 August 1703.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3327]

ff. 219-220:

Letter from Limborch, 31 August 1703.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3331]

ff. 221-222:

Letter from Limborch, 30 October 1703.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3362]

ff. 223-224:

Letter from Limborch, 13 November 1703.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3377]

ff. 225-226:

Letter from Limborch, 4 February 1703/4.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3447]

ff. 227-228:

Letter from Limborch, 12 February 1703/4.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3452]

ff. 229-230:

Letter from Limborch, 12 February 1703/4.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3453]

f. 231:

Letter from Limborch, 9 March 1703/4.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3486]

ff. 232-233:

Letter from Limborch, 23 March 1703/4.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3496]

ff. 234-235:

Letter from Limborch, 13 April 1704.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3509]

ff. 236-237:

Letter from Limborch, 25 April 1704.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3519]

ff. 238-239:

Letter from Limborch, 12 May 1704.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3529]

ff. 240-241:

Letter from Limborch, 14 June 1704.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3561]

ff. 242-243:

Letter from Limborch, 25 July 1704.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3598]

ff. 244-245:

Letter from Limborch, 8 August 1704.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3604]

ff. 246-247:

Letter from Limborch, 12 October 1704.

[printed De Beer, viii. 3643]