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December 1678
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Thursday, 1 December 1678, n.s.
21 November 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: Vertue, Pigeon carriers, Azyma, Pascha, Envie — [Lough, Lough “Reading”].
Friday, 2 December 1678, n.s.
22 November 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: Horse hoofs, Recreation, Parties, Measures, Scrupulosity — [Dewhurst, King].
There is a gap in the dates in Locke’s journal from 2 December to 5 December. The entries above were written between these dates.
Letter dated: From Jacques Selapris (no longer survives). — [see De Beer, i. 427]
Saturday, 3 December 1678, n.s.
23 November 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Letter dated: To Thomas Stringer (no longer survives). — [see De Beer, i. 430]; to Sir John Banks (no longer survives). — [see De Beer, i. 433]
Monday, 5 December 1678, n.s.
25 November 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: Salt water, Hydrops — [Lough, Dewhurst].
Letter dated: From Sir John Banks, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London; addressed to Locke in Paris. — [De Beer, i. 425]
Tuesday, 6 December 1678, n.s.
26 November 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Letters dated: To Dr. Denis Grenville. — [De Beer, i. 426]; from Jacques Selapris, Lyon; addressed to Locke in Paris. — [De Beer, i. 427]
to Sir John Banks (no longer survives). — [see De Beer, i. 433]Wednesday, 7 December 1678, n.s.
27 November 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: Castiglione, People, Arthritis, Claude, Ecclesiasticorum mores, Popes, Roman church — [Dewhurst, Lough “Reading”].
Monday, 12 December 1678, n.s.
2 December 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Tuesday, 13 December 1678, n.s.
3 December 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Inscription dated: To Nicolas Toinard; inscribed on sheets of Toinard’s Evangeliorum Harmonia. — [De Beer, i. 428; H&L 2934]
Wednesday, 14 December 1678, n.s.
4 December 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: Possessed, Capucins, Canon, Measures, C.B. [i.e. Caleb Banks] — [Lough].
Saturday, 17 December 1678, n.s.
7 December 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Letter dated: From Thomas Tufton, Montpellier; addressed to Locke in Paris. — [De Beer, i. 429]
Sunday, 18 December 1678, n.s.
8 December 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Letter dated: From Thomas Stringer, London; addressed to Locke in Paris. — [De Beer, i. 430]
Wednesday, 21 December 1678, n.s.
11 December 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Letter dated: To Sir John Banks; written in Paris; severely damaged. — [De Beer, i. 431]
Monday, 26 December 1678, n.s.
16 December 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Letters dated: To Nicolas Toinard; address to Toinard in Paris. — [De Beer, i. 432]; from Sir John Banks, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London; addressed to Locke in Paris. — [De Beer, i. 433]
Wednesday, 28 December 1678, n.s.
18 December 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entries: Tussis [in French], King — [Dewhurst, Lough].
Friday, 30 December 1678, n.s.
20 December 1678, o.s.
At Paris.
Journal entry: 1 John 5.7 — [Lough].
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.
Goldie = Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
King = The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829.
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)
