1669

Wednesday, 24 February 1669, o.s.

6 March 1669, n.s.

Letter from Benjamin Worsley to Buckingham, dated 24 February 1669; relating to the Jamaican sugar trade [Adversaria 1661, pages 180-214; date is that of Worsley’s letter].

Persons encountered: Benjamin Worsley (letter); Duke of Buckingham (letter)

Saturday, 11 April 1669, o.s.

21 April 1669, n.s.

Letter: From [Elinor Parry], dated 11 April [1669]; year from Locke’s endorsement; addressed to Locke at Exeter House, London. [Corr., i. 232]

Person encountered: Elinor Parry (letter)

Date Uncertain

Letter: From De Briolay de Beaupreau to Mr. Browne, [April 1669]; copy of a translation [?]; date from Locke’s endorsement. Response to Locke’s case report of late 1668/early 1669. [Corr., i. (231), ix. (231*)]

Persons encountered: De Briolay de Beaupreau (letter); Mr. Browne (letter)

Date uncertain:

Paper by Benjamin Worsley headed “Animadversions on my Lord de Wits paper presented to my L^d Arlington” [Adversaria 1661, pp. 253-262; date is that of Worsley’s paper].

Persons encountered: Benjamin Worsley (paper); Earl of Arlington (paper); Johan de Witt (paper)

Sunday, 22 August 1669, o.s.

1 September 1669, n.s.

Marriage of the future 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Dorothy Manners.

Persons encountered: Future 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury; Lady Dorothy Manners

Locke was at Belvoir Castle, seat of the Earl of Rutland, negotiating a marriage between the future 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Dorothy Manners, daughter of the Earl of Rutland; the marriage took place on September 22.

Sunday, 29 August 1669, o.s.

8 September 1669, n.s.

Locke’s birthday, age 37.

Letter: From Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Ashley, dated 29 August 1669; written from Wimborne St. Giles; addressed to Locke at Belvoir Castle; answered by Locke on 2 September (missing). [Corr., i. 234]

Person encountered: Lord Ashley (letter)

Wednesday, 2 September 1669, o.s.

12 September 1669, n.s.

Letter: To Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Ashley, dated 2 September 1669 (lost); answer to Ashley’s letter of 29 August; answered by Ashley on 6 September. [see Corr., i. 235]

Person encountered: Lord Ashley (letter)

Sunday, 6 September 1669, o.s.

16 September 1669, n.s.

Letter: From Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Ashley, dated 6 September 1669; addressed to Locke at Belvoir Castle; answer to Locke’s letter of 2 September (lost). [Corr., i. 235]

Person encountered: Lord Ashley (letter)

Monday, 5 October 1669, o.s.

15 October 1669, n.s.

Letter: From Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Ashley, dated 5 October 1669; written from London; addressed to Locke at Belvoir Castle. [Corr., i. 236]

Person encountered: Lord Ashley (letter)

Monday, 19 October 1669, o.s.

29 October 1669, n.s.

Letter: From Dr. David Thomas, dated 19 October 1669; writtene from Salisbury; addressed to Locke at Exeter House, London. [Corr., i. 237]

Person encountered: Dr. David Thomas (letter)

Wednesday, 18 November 1669, o.s.

28 November 1669, n.s.

Letter: From Dr. David Thomas, [ca. 18 November 1669?]; addressed to Locke at Exeter House, London; the date is based on postmark and endorsement. [Corr., i. 238]

Person encountered: Dr. David Thomas (letter)

Sunday, 26 December 1669, o.s.

5 January 1670, n.s.

Weather observations at London, 9h: “Extream hard Frost.” [Boyle, 12:78]

“I began to keep a Register of Heat and Cold at London.”

Date Uncertain

Letter: To [Margaret Beavis?], [December 1699?]; fragmentary draft; answered on 14/24 January 1670. [Corr., i. 239]

Person encountered: Margaret Beavis (letter)

Source: Boyle = The general history of the air, designed and begun by the Hon^ble Robert Boyle Esq; cited from The works of Robert Boyle. Volume 12 (2000), pages 70-89.

Corr. = 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)