Description: A copy of the objections presesnted by the House of Commons to the House of Lords against the revival of the 1662 Printing Act. These objections were delivered by Edward Clarke on behalf of the Commons during a conference on 18 April 1695. It is likely that Clarke was responsible for drafting the document, and it is possible that it was based in part on Locke’s Criticisms of the 1662 Printing Act.

The copy that is preserved among Locke’s papers is in an unknown hand, carelessly written, endorsed by Locke “Printing | Reasons of the Commons ag^t Reviveing the Printing Act | 95”. The manuscript is written on the first leaf of a single folded sheet, each leaf measuring 313 × 197 mm.

The original paper wass printed in The Craftsman, Number 281 (20 November 1731); in the Journals of the House of Commons, 11:305-306, and in the Journal of the House of Lords 15:545-546.

Publications:

Literary and historical writings / John Locke ; edited by J. R. Milton. – Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – Pages 365-368.

Discussions: Milton, publication #1 above, pages 90-91, 177.

Printing 94/5: Draft bill for the better regulating of printing (1695 March 14?)

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke b. 4, f. 77;
[earlier version in British Library, Add. MS. 42,592, f. 203]

Description: On 11 February, the House of Commons called for a new printing bill to be prepared and appointed a commitee which included Edward Clarke. Clarke introduced the draft bill on 2 March.

The copy preserved among Locke’s papers is in the hand of John Freke. It is written on a single sheet of paper measuring 363 × 298 mm., endorsed by Locke “Printing 9⁴/₅”. The copy was enclosed in a letter to Locke from the College on 14 March 1695. Locke proposed a number of amendments to the draft bill.

An earlier version is preserved in the papers of William Brockman. The manuscript is written on a single half-sheet of paper measuring 362 &ries; 292 mm, folded three times (probably for enclosure in a letter). On the front of the folded packet is the title “A Byll for the better Regulateing of Printeing and Printing Presses”

Publications:

The correspondence of John Locke / edited by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976-89. – 5:791-795 [Appendix, No. 2]
[summary] Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – Pages 337-338.
Literary and historical writings / John Locke ; edited by J. R. Milton. – Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – Pages 369-373.

Discussions: De Beer, publication #1 above, pp. 785, 791; Goldie, publication #2 above, pages 329-330; R. Astbury, “The renewal of the Licensing Act in 1693 and its lapse in 1695,” The Library 5th series, 33 (1978):296-322; Milton, publication #3 above, pages 91-94, 178-179.

Printing 94/5: Proposed amendments to the first 1695 Printing Bill (1695 March 18?)

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke b. 4, f. 78.

Description: Amendments to the first 1695 Printing Bill. It may have been sent to the College with a missing letter of 18 March 1695. The manscript is in Locke’s hand, on a single quarter sheet, 217 × 156 mm., endorsed “Printing | 9⁴/₅”.

Publications:

The correspondence of John Locke / edited by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976-89. – vol. 5:795-796 [Appendix, No. 3]
[summary] Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – Pages 338-339.
Literary and historical writings / John Locke ; edited by J. R. Milton. – Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – Page 329.

Discussions: De Beer, publication #1 above, p. 785, 795; Goldie, publication #2 above, p. 329-330; R. Astbury, “The renewal of the Licensing Act in 1693 and its lapse in 1695,” The Library 5th series, 33 (1978):296-322; Milton, publication #3 above, pages 94-96, 165.

Enthusiasm [1695 April?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke e. 1, pp. 1-30.

Description: A draft in Locke’s hand for a new chapter for the Essay IV.xix, “Of Enthusiasm”, for inclusion in the 4th ed. (1700). This draft was probably begun before April 1695. The marginal caption ”Enthusiasm” appears on most pages. The manuscript begins on pp. 2, 4 and 6 with a draft for §§1-4; there is an addition on p. 4 that continues on p. 5; the text from p. 6 continues on pp. 7 and 9. Pages 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 also contain the draft for Essay IV.iii.6; on p. 6, the text of Enthusiasm appears first, but on p. 9 the other draft appears first (indicating the sequence of writing). The draft of Enthusiasm continues on p. 10-30, with the text for §§5-16; on p. 18, there is a major insertion that begins on p. 1 and continues on pp. 17 and 19. The text is crossed out, indicating that it had been transcribed elsewhere.

Publications:

An essay concerning humane understanding. In four books. Written by John Locke, Gent. The fourth edition, with large additions. … London: printed for Awnsham and John Churchil …; and Samuel Manship …, MDCC [1700]. Pages 422-428. [Locke #231]. Included in subsequent editions of the Essay.
The Digital Locke Project / Dr. Paul Schuurman, project director. – Amsterdam : Digital Production Centre of the University Library of the University of Amsterdam, 2006- . – Normalized and diplomatic texts available: §§1-4 | §§5-16.
Of the conduct of the understanding and other writings on philosophy, 1690–1704 / John Locke ; edited by Paul Schuurman and J. C. Walmsley. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, in preparation. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke)

Discussions: Schuurman, “Introduction” to Of the conduct of the understanding (2000), p. 100; Schuurman, Digital Locke project, text descriptions [viewed 2008/07/24]

Ballance the difficulties on both sides [1695 April?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke e. 1, pp. 6-11.

Description: A draft in Locke’s hand, with the caption “Ballance the difficulties on both sides”. It it the draft for an addition to Essay IV.iii.6, “Of the Extent of Humane Knowledge”, for inclusion in the 4th ed. (1700). This draft was probably written before April 1695. The text is crossed out, indicating that it had been transcribed elsewhere.

The draft is written on the versos, with additions and corrections on pp. 9 and 11. On page 6, the draft follows the draft text for Enthusiasm, but on p. 9 this draft appears first; this draft appears to have been started after Enthusiams, but was completed before the additions to Enthusiasm on pp. 7 and 9.

Publications:

An essay concerning humane understanding. In four books. Written by John Locke, Gent. The fourth edition, with large additions. … London: printed for Awnsham and John Churchil …; and Samuel Manship …, MDCC [1700]. Page 324. [Locke #231]. Included in subsequent editions of the Essay.
The Digital Locke Project / Dr. Paul Schuurman, project director. – Amsterdam : Digital Production Centre of the University Library of the University of Amsterdam, 2006- . – Normalized and diplomatic texts available.
Of the conduct of the understanding and other writings on philosophy, 1690–1704 / John Locke ; edited by Paul Schuurman and J. C. Walmsley. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, in preparation. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke)

Discussions: Schuurman, “Introduction” to Of the conduct of the understanding (2000), p. 100; Schuurman, Digital Locke project, text descriptions [viewed 2008/07/25]

Association [1695 April?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke e. 1, pp. 32-56.

Description: A draft in Locke’s hand for a new chapter for the Essay II.xxxiii, “Of the Association of Ideas”, for inclusion in the 4th ed. (1700). This draft was probably begun around April 1695. The text is written on the left-hand (verso) pages, with additions and corrections on the right-hand (recto) pages, including a number of insertions written on p. 33. The marginal caption ”Association” appears on most verso pages; the caption on p. 30 is “~~Connection~~ Association of ideas”. The text is crossed out, indicating that it had been transcribed elsewhere.

The portion of the draft from p. 32 through a point on p. 52 was published in the 4th edition of the Essay, which went to press in June or July 1699; in June or July 1701, Locke had his amanuensis William Shaw copy a version of the remaining text (pp. 52-56) to pp. 210-216, where they form a part of the Conduct of the understanding.

Publications:

An essay concerning humane understanding. In four books. Written by John Locke, Gent. The fourth edition, with large additions. … London: printed for Awnsham and John Churchil …; and Samuel Manship …, MDCC [1700]. Pages 421-426. [Locke #231]. Included in subsequent editions of the Essay.
The Digital Locke Project / Dr. Paul Schuurman, project director. – Amsterdam : Digital Production Centre of the University Library of the University of Amsterdam, 2006- . – Normalized and diplomatic texts available.
Of the conduct of the understanding and other writings on philosophy, 1690–1704 / John Locke ; edited by Paul Schuurman and J. C. Walmsley. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, in preparation. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke)

Discussions: Schuurman, “Introduction” to Of the conduct of the understanding (2000), p. 118-120; Schuurman, Digital Locke project, text descriptions [viewed 2008/07/25]

Of the Conduct of the Understanding [1695 April?-1704]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke e. 1, pp. iv, 1, 52-182, 184-260;
partial restructured text in Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 28, ff. 121-138.

Description: MS. Locke e. 1 includes the draft text for Of the conduct of understanding. Originally considered as a new final chapter (IV.xx) for the 4th ed. of the Essay (1700), Locke left the work incomplete and disorganized at his death, although he had made a partial attempt to reorganize the text (MS. Locke c. 28, ff. 121-130). He left it to his nephew and heir, Peter King, to prepare the work for publication; King made some further attempts at reorganizing the text (MS. Locke c.28, ff. 131-138), but the text published in 1706 (in Posthumous works) followed Locke’s text fairly closely.

Locke perhaps began work on the Conduct as early as April 1695, when he worked on other additions for the 4th edition of the Essay. The text proper begins on p. 62 of MS. Locke e. 1, which indicates that the draft is for “Bk: IV C: XX” and will be called “Of the conduct of the understanding.” Before p. 62 are several drafts that would eventually form part of the “Conduct”: (1) part of the draft for “Association” that was not used in that chapter in the Essay; a version of this was copied to pp. 210-216; and (2) a draft captioned “Reasoning” which, together with a large addition on pp. 248-261, was to form a section of the “Conduct”.

Work on the “Conduct” was interrupted by the controversy with Stillingfleet in 1697. By 1699, Locke had reached p. 184 of MS. Locke e.1; pp. 182-184 interrupt the text of the Conduct with two brief additions for the 4th ed. of the Essay, which went to press in June or July 1699. Between then and the summer of 1701, he wrote pp. 184-210. The next section, pp. 210-216, was written by Locke’s manservant and amanuensis, William Shaw, who began to work for Locke in June or July 1701. This section consists of a copy by Shaw of material on the association of ideas (pp. 52-56) that was not used in the 4th ed. of the Essay. Locke continued to add additional material (pp. 216-260) for the next several years.

Locke began to work on reorganizing his fragmentary work perhaps as late as January 1704, after the bulk of MS. Locke e. 1 had been completed. The paper preserved in MS. Locke c. 28, ff. 121-138, contains the partial results of this work. At his direction, William Shaw copied portions of MS. Locke e. 1 onto ff. 121-130 of MS. Locke c. 28, forming a chapter entitled “Introduction” and one entitled “Of Reasoning”, with some additions and corrections in Locke’s hand.

As noted above, MS. Locke c. 28, ff. 131-138, were used by a scribe working for Peter King, who attempted further reorganization of the chapters “Of Mathematicks” and “Of Religion”.

A complete description of MS. Locke e. 1 is given on the page for that manuscript.

MS. Locke c. 28, ff. 121-138, is made up of 18 sheets of paper, each folded once, to form a total of 36 pages. 8^o (not quired). π 2π A-C D-G². 199 × 160 mm or smaller.

Publications:

“Of the conduct of the understanding.” // IN: Posthumous works of Mr. John Locke: … London, printed by W.B. for A. and J. Churchill, 1706. 8^o. Pages 1-137. [Locke #725]. – Not printed from these manuscripts, but the text is clearly based on them; the Conduct was often reprinted; all texts except the following are based on the 1706 edition.
Of the conduct of the understanding / by John Locke ; edited with a general introduction, historical and philosophical notes and critical apparatus by Paul Schuurman. – Thesis (Ph.D.)–University of Keele, 2000. – pp. 149-255. [Locke #760B]. – First publication based on the manuscripts described above.
The Digital Locke Project / Dr. Paul Schuurman, project director. – Amsterdam : Digital Production Centre of the University Library of the University of Amsterdam, 2006- . – Normalized and diplomatic texts available.
Of the conduct of the understanding and other writings on philosophy, 1690–1704 / John Locke ; edited by Paul Schuurman and J. C. Walmsley. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, in preparation. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke)

Discussions: Schuurman, “Introduction” to Of the conduct of the understanding (2000), p. 97-126; Schuurman, Digital Locke project, text descriptions [viewed 2008/07/25]

Christianity Jun. 95 (1695 June)

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 27, ff. 114-115.

Description: This paper is written on a single sheet of paper, folded in half to form two leaves. The text is written by Locke on f. 114^r; the other pages are blank, except for the endorsement “Christianity 95” on f. 115^v. The title “Christianity Jun. 95” appears at the head of the paper. This date suggests that the paper was written during Locke’s drafting of The reasonableness of Christianity, but it is possible that some of the material was added later.

Publications:

The reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the scriptures / John Locke ; edited with an introduction, notes, critical apparatus and transcriptions of related manuscripts by John C. Higgins-Biddle. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1999. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – pp. 208-209.

Discussions: Higgins-Biddle, publication #1 above, p. 208.

Education 3d Ed: Copys 95 [1696 June?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 29, p. 145.

Description: A list in Locke’s hand of persons to receive presentation copies of the third edition of his Education, captioned “Education 3d Ed: Copys 95.” The book was published around June. The list provides for 25 copies. There is a fair copy of this list, with some differences, in MS. Locke c. 25, f. 53^r (1696 or later).

Publications:

John Locke, a descriptive bibliography / Jean S. Yolton. – Bristol, England : Thoemmes Press, 1998. – p. 216.
“Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books and Boyle’s General history of the air” / Mark Goldie. // IN: Locke studies. – 4 (2004):237. [List D1]

Discussions: Yolton, publication #1 above, p. 212-213; Goldie, publication #2 above, p. 237.

Understanding 3d Ed: Copys [1695 July?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 29, p. 33.

Description: A list in Locke’s hand of persons to receive presentation copies of the third edition of his Essay, appended to the list for the 2nd edition, and captioned “3^d Ed:”. The list provides for 2 copies. The book was published around July. There is a fair copy of this list, with an additional name, in MS. Locke c. 25, f. 53^v.

Publications:

“Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books and Boyle’s General history of the air” / Mark Goldie. // IN: Locke studies. – 4 (2004):237. [List E1]

Discussions: Goldie, publication #1 above, p. 237.

Midwifery notes [1695 shortly after July?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 29, ff. 95-98.

Description: Notes on midwifery, in Locke’s hand, on four loose sheets of paper, numbered 1-7 (f. 98^v blank). The notes have been placed with Locke’s advice and notes relating to the pregnancies of Mrs Fletcher in the summer of 1695 (ff. 92-94) and winter of 1701 (ff. 99-101). The notes appear to be on the same paper as the former and therefore probably date sometime soon after July 1695.

Publications:

“Locke’s midwifery notes” / Kenneth Dewhurst. // IN: Lancet. – 267 (1954):490-491.

Discussions: Dewhurst, publication above.

Guineas (1695 August or September)

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke b. 3, ff. 47-49.

Description: A draft in Locke’s hand (f. 47) and a copy by Sylvester Brounower (ff. 48-49). The latter is headed “Guineas” and endorsed “Mony 95 A paper written at S^r W^m Trumbulls request ~~and given him Aug. 95~~ upon occasion of a paper of the L^ds Com^rs of the Treasury submitted to the L^ds Justices 30 Jul. 95”. On July 19, Trumbull had forwarded to Locke a report from the Treasury on the state of the guinea and asked for his comments. Locke’s response here falls short of accepting the need for a recoinage. The substance of the paper was incorporated into Locke’s Further considerations.

A single sheet (f. 47) plus one sheet folded to form 4 pages, 313 × 198 mm.

Publications:

Locke on money / John Locke ; edited … by Patrick Hyde Kelly. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1991. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – vol. 2:363-364. – Printed from Brounower’s copy.

Discussions: Kelly, publication above, p. 26, 137-139.

Early draft of Further considerations (1695 August or September)

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke b. 3, ff. 50-61.

Description: An early draft in Locke’s hand for Further considerations concerning raising the value of money. The caption “Mony” appears on ff. 50^r and 60^r; the heading “As to recoining the Money” on f. 55^r; and the endorsement “Money Of raiseing our Coin 90”. The first part (ff. 50-54) was copied by Brounower as “A paper given to Sir William Trumbull” (next item); the second part (ff. 55-61) was copied by Brounower as “Answers to My Lord Keeper’s queries”; f. 61 is a passage deleted in the transcript. Further considerations was rewritten considerably after the publication of Lowndes’s Report, but the substance of the draft was incorporated.

The text is written on letter covers (otherwise blank except for the address), approximately 290 × 190 mm. The pages (typically rectos only) are numbered 1-16, 23.

Publications: None, but used in Kelly’s editions of the “Paper” and the “Answers.”

Discussions: P.H. Kelly, Locke on money, p. 26-30, 137-141.

A paper given to Sir William Trumbull (1695 September)

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke b. 3, ff. 64-65.

Description: Two draft copies in the hand of Sylvester Brounower, with additions and corrections by Locke, of the first part of Locke’s early draft of Further considerations (ff. 50-54), endorsed “Mony 95 A paper given to S^r W^m Trumbull w^ch was written at his request Sept 95”. The paper contains Locke’s proposals for a recoinage. The substance of the paper was incorporated into Locke’s Further considerations.

Fols. 62-63: folded sheet, 312 × 195 mm; ff. 64-65: folded sheet, 315 × 194 mm.

Publications:

Locke on money / John Locke ; edited … by Patrick Hyde Kelly. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1991. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – vol. 2:365-373. – Printed from ff. 64-65.

Discussions: Kelly, publication above, pp. 26, 137-139.

Thirteen proposals relating to recoinage (October 1695)

Location: Goldsmith’s Library, University of London, MS. 62.

Description: Official proposals from Houblon, Heathcote, Locke, Wren, Newton, and Wallis, in response to Lowndes’s Report. Locke’s proposal (ff. 14-13) is captioned “Dr. Lock’s proposal about repairing the coyn”. It was read by the Cabinet Council on October 31, 1695.

Publications:

[Locke’s proposal:] “John Locke’s proposal about repairing the coin.” // IN: The great recoinage / Ming-Hsun Li (1963). – p. 224-236. [Locke #966]
[Printed, with an introduction by Hiroshi Takemoto in] Ōsaka Keidai ronshū. – nos. 134-136 (1980). [Locke #970A; unverified.]

Discussions: Takemoto (publication #2 above); P.H. Kelly, Locke on money, pp. 29-30, 618.

Propositions sent to the Lords Justices (1695 October)

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke b. 3, ff. 66-69;
copy in Goldsmith’s Library, University of London, MS. 62, ff. 11-13.

Description: Two draft copies in the hand of Sylvester Brounower, with additions and corrections by Locke, of Locke’s formal proposal for a recoinage, endorsed “Money 95 propositions” (f. 67^v) and “Money sent to y^e L^ds Justices 23 Oct. 95 propositions” (f. 69^v). The substance of the paper was incorporated into Locke’s Further considerations.

The copy in the Goldsmith’s Library is an early 18th-century copy made from the copy submitted, which does not seem to have survived.

Fols. 66-67: folded sheet, 312 × 195 mm; ff. 68-69: folded sheet, 315 × 195 mm.

Publications:

Locke on money / John Locke ; edited … by Patrick Hyde Kelly. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1991. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – vol. 2:374-380. – Printed from ff. 68-69.

Discussions: Kelly, publication above, pp. 26, 137-139.

Answers to My Lord Keeper’s queries (1695 October)

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke b. 3, ff. 70-74;
copy in Goldsmith’s Library, University of London, MS. 62, ff. 14-19.

Description: Locke’s answers to Lord Keeper Somers’s queries concerning Lowndes’s report. It consists of a cover letter (f. 70) in Locke’s hand, endorsed “Money Answer 30 Oct 95” and a copy by Brounower (ff. 71-74) of the latter part of Locke’s early draft of Further considerations (ff. 55-61), with additions and corrections by Locke, endorsed “Money Answer 30 Oct 95 To my L^d Keepers Q^s”. The substance of the paper was incorporated into Locke’s Further considerations.

The copy in the Goldsmith’s Library is an early 18th-century copy made from the copy submitted, which does not seem to have survived.

Fol. 70: single sheet, 225 × 200 mm; ff. 71-74: two folded sheets, 315 × 195 mm. A-B².

Publications:

Locke on money / John Locke ; edited … by Patrick Hyde Kelly. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1991. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – vol. 2:381-397.

Discussions: Kelly, publication above, pp. 29-30, 137-141.

Money Further considerations 95 Copys [1695 December?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 25, f. 52^r.

Description: A list of persons to receive presentation copies of his Further considerations, endorsed “Money Further considerations 95 Copys”. The book was published in December. The list is in the hand of Lady Masham, with some notes by Locke.

1 sheet, 280 × 87 mm.

Publications:

The correspondence of John Locke / edited by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976-89. – (Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke) – vol. 8:451-452. [list F]
John Locke, a descriptive bibliography / Jean S. Yolton. – Bristol, England : Thoemmes Press, 1998. – p. 198-199.

Discussions: De Beer, “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books,” publication #1 above; Yolton, publication #2 above, pp. 198-199; Goldie, “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books and Boyle’s General history of the air” (2004)

Further considerations … [Presentation copies] [1695 December?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 25, f. 53^r.

Description: A list in Locke’s hand of persons to receive presentation copies of his Further considerations, in a column headed “Further considerations concerning the raiseing the value of Money 1695 1 Edit”, on a sheet endorsed “Copys 95”. This list appears to be a fair copy, with some changes, of the previous list by Lady Masham.

The manuscript consists of on folded sheet, 310 × 193 mm; this list is in the first column on the first page.

Publications:

The correspondence of John Locke / edited by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976-89. – (Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke) – vol. 8:451-452. [list F]
John Locke, a descriptive bibliography / Jean S. Yolton. – Bristol, England : Thoemmes Press, 1998. – p. 198-199.

Observations on a discourse concerning natural & revealed Religion by S[tephen] N[ye] [16]95 (1695)

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 27, ff. 92-93.

Description: Notes by Locke on Stephen Nye’s A discourse concerning natural and revealed religion (1696), endorsed (f. 92^v) “JL | Observations on S N | discourse concerning | na[tur]al & reveald | Religion 95”. Locke owned a copy of the book, which has an imprint date of 1696 (H&L 2107; shelf-mark 8/33 b).

The manuscript consists of a single sheet of paper folded once to form four pages, 310 × 195 mm.

Publications:

Theological manuscripts / John Locke ; edited by Victor Nuovo. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, to be published. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke) [Locke #961]

Three revisions for the 2nd edition of The reasonableness of Christianity [1695?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 27, f. 94^r.

Description: The manuscript consists of a single sheet of paper measuring 312 × 198 mm; the verso is blank except for Locke’s endorsement “Chri[s]tianity 95” [the word “Fundam[en]tals” has been added, partially obscuring the date]. The text consists of three draft passages to be inserted in the second editon (1696) of The reasonableness of Christianity. The passages are marked with the page numbers from the first edition (pp. 65, 126, and 104 respectively) and the text of the second edition follows the drafts in substance.

Publications:

The reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the scriptures / John Locke ; edited with an introduction, notes, critical apparatus and transcriptions of related manuscripts by John C. Higgins-Biddle. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1999. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – pp. 182-183.

Discussions: Higgins-Biddle, publication #1 above, p. 182.

Biblical verses [1695]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 27, ff. 95-100.

Description: This manuscript consists of three sheets of paper, signed “A”-“C” and endorsed (on the final leaf) “Christianity 95”. The sheets measure about 321 × 194 mm. The pages are used by Locke to record biblical verses (paraphrased or translated) under the following marginal keywords (in alphabetical order): Beleive (f. 95^r-^v); Gospel (ff. 95^r-^v, 99^r); King (ff. 97^v-98^r); Life and Death (f. 100^r); Lord (f. 95^v); Messiah (f. 95^r-^v); Messias (f. 96^r-^v); my words (f. 95^v); name (f. 95^r); promises (f. 95^v); Raised (f. 95^v); Saviour (ff. 95^r, 98^v); Sent (f. 95^r); Son (f. 95^r-^r); Son of God (f. 97^r); Words (f. 95^r). Fol. 99^v is blank; f. 100^v contains only the endorsement. The material was probably compiled in the process of writing The reasonableness of Christianity.

Publications:

The reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the scriptures / John Locke ; edited with an introduction, notes, critical apparatus and transcriptions of related manuscripts by John C. Higgins-Biddle. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1999. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – pp. 184-198.

Discussions: Higgins-Biddle, publication #1 above, p. 183.

Draft text for The reasonableness of Christianity [1695?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 27, f. 101^r.

Description: The manuscript consists of a single sheet of paper measuring 362 × 238 mm; the verso is blank except for Locke’s endorsement “Christianity”. The marginal caption “Christianitie” appears at the beginning, followed by the number “1” – perhaps an insertion point in an earlier draft. The text consists of a rough draft, probably for the beginning of The reasonableness of Christianity.

Publications:

The reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the scriptures / John Locke ; edited with an introduction, notes, critical apparatus and transcriptions of related manuscripts by John C. Higgins-Biddle. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1999. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – pp. 198-200.

Discussions: Higgins-Biddle, publication #1 above, p. 198.

Fragment for The reasonableness of Christianity [1695?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 27, f. 102^r.

Description: The fragment is written on one side of a scrap of paper measuring 60 × 208 mm; the verso is blank. The marginal caption “Christianity” appears at the beginning, along with the number “5,” corrected to “7” – perhaps indicating an insertion point in a longer draft or a sequence of similar fragments. The text seems to be related to The reasonableness of Christianity, although its context is not clear.

Publications:

The reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the scriptures / John Locke ; edited with an introduction, notes, critical apparatus and transcriptions of related manuscripts by John C. Higgins-Biddle. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1999. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – p. 200.

Discussions: Higgins-Biddle, publication #1 above, p. 200.

Adam ante lapsum immortalis [1695?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 27, f. 103^r.

Description: A fragment written on the back of a torn letter cover measuring 180 × 237 mm; the verso bears the London address of Edward Clarke and Locke’s endorsement “Christianity”. The fragment is captioned “Adam ante lapsum immortalis”.

Publications:

The reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the scriptures / John Locke ; edited with an introduction, notes, critical apparatus and transcriptions of related manuscripts by John C. Higgins-Biddle. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1999. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – p. 201.

Discussions: Higgins-Biddle, publication #1 above, p. 201.

Lists of biblical verses [1695?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 27, ff. 104-111.

Description: The manuscript is a quire consisting of four small sheets of paper, folded vertically to form 8 tall, narrow leaves, each leaf measuring about 220 × 78 mm. The text was written by Locke on the leaves from both ends of the quire: lists of Biblical verses on various topics were written on ff. 104^r-106^r, these pages being numbered “1”-“5”; two further lists appear on f. 106^v; f. 107^r contains a reference to Stephen Nye’s The agreement of the Unitarians with the Catholick Church (1697); at some point, Locke turned the quire back to front and on ff. 111^v-110^v wrote what might have been an outline of the early chapters of the Reasonableness. It is unclear whether the lists of verses or the outline were written first; the manuscript was most likely written as part of the drafting of The reasonableness of Christianity in 1695; the reference to Nye’s book was probably written on a blank page at a later date. There is no title or endorsement.

Publications:

The reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the scriptures / John Locke ; edited with an introduction, notes, critical apparatus and transcriptions of related manuscripts by John C. Higgins-Biddle. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1999. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – pp. 201-205.

Discussions: Higgins-Biddle, publication #1 above, p. 201.

Life, Death (1695)

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 27, ff. 116-117.

Description: The manuscript is written by Locke on a single sheet of paper, folded once to form two leaves, each 309 × 207 mm. The text is written in two columns under contrasting headings: “Life” and “Death” on f. 116^r, etc. The endorsement “Christianity | life 95” appears on f. 117^v. The endorsement “Christianity” indicates that the notes were written as part of Locke’s work on The reasonableness of Christianity.

Publications:

The reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the scriptures / John Locke ; edited with an introduction, notes, critical apparatus and transcriptions of related manuscripts by John C. Higgins-Biddle. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1999. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – pp. 209-216.

Discussions: Higgins-Biddle, publication #1 above, p. 209.

Christianity 95 (1695)

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 27, f. 118.

Description: The manuscript is written on one side of a sheet of paper, 303 × 215 mm. It consists of three columns: (a) marginal captions, (b) textual notes, and (c) biblical references. At the top, Locke wrote “p. 6” (later deleted); the passage in Genesis covered by the first note is also discussed on p. 6 of the first edition of The reasonableness of Christianity, suggesting that these notes might have been made in preparation for the second edition (1696).

The marginal keywords are: Dust, Breath, Sleep (deleted), Forgetfulness, and Soule.

In addition to Locke’s endorsement: “Christianity | 95”, the verso contains a deleted draft of part of a legal document.

Publications:

The reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the scriptures / John Locke ; edited with an introduction, notes, critical apparatus and transcriptions of related manuscripts by John C. Higgins-Biddle. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1999. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – pp. 216-217.

Discussions: Higgins-Biddle, publication #1 above, p. 216.

Rewards [of] life & death (1695)

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 27, ff. 129-130.

Description: This manuscript consists of a single sheet of paper folded once to form two leaves, each 312 × 220 mm. The text was written by Locke on the recto pages of each leaf. Fol. 129^v is blank; f. 130^v bears the endorsement “ ~~Fita et Mors~~ | 95 | Christianity”. The notes on f. 129^r have the heading “Rewards life & death”; those on f. 130^r, “Life & Death”.

According to Higgins-Biddle, the alteration in the endorsement “suggests that at some time Locke made a conscious effort to collect together material used in the writing of the Reasonableness.

Publications:

The reasonableness of Christianity as delivered in the scriptures / John Locke ; edited with an introduction, notes, critical apparatus and transcriptions of related manuscripts by John C. Higgins-Biddle. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1999. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – pp. 218-219.

Discussions: Higgins-Biddle, publication #1 above, p. 218.

Epilepsia [ca. 1695]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke d. 9, p. 453.

Description: A query in Locke’s hand, with the marginal caption “Epilepsia”. The note is not dated or intialed, but was possibly written by Locke ca. 1695.

Publications: None

Liberum Arbitrium [1695]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke d. 10, p. 95.

Description: An unsigned note in one of Locke’s commonplace books, with the heading “Liberum Arbitrium 95”. Authorship is uncertain.

Publications:

The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – New ed. – London : H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830. – vol. 2.

Unitarian [1695]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke d. 10, p. 177.

Description: A note in one of Locke’s commonplace books, with the heading “Unitarian”.

Publications:

The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – New ed. – London : H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830. – vol. 2.

Iustitia (1695)

Location: Adversaria 1661, p. 24.

Description: A brief note in Locke&0146;s hand, with the marginal caption “Iustitia” and initialed by Locke and dated [16]95. Goldie gives this note the title “Punitive justice” from the first words of the text.

Publications:

[modernized version:] “Justice and the interpretation of Locke’s political theory” / John Dunn. // IN: Political studies. – 16 (1968):82 n.
Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – p. 339. [Locke #867+].
Of the conduct of the understanding and other writings on philosophy, 1690–1704 / John Locke ; edited by Paul Schuurman and J. C. Walmsley. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, in preparation. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke)

Venditio (1695)

Location: Adversaria 1661, pp. 268-269.

Description: A paper written and initialed by Locke, captioned “Venditio” and dated [16]95.

Publications:

[modernized version:] “Justice and the interpretation of Locke’s political theory” / John Dunn. // IN: Political studies. – 16 (1968):84-87.
Locke on money / John Locke ; edited … by Patrick Hyde Kelly. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1991. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – vol. 2:496-500.
Political writings / John Locke ; edited and with an introduction by David Wootton. – London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1993. – pp. 442-446. [Locke #867+]
Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – pp. 339-343.

Discussions: Dunn (publication #1 above); Kelly, “Textual introduction” to publication #2 above, pp. 149-151.

A defence of The reasonableness of Christianity [1695?]

Location: Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 29, f. 99.

Description: The manuscript, in Locke’s hand, is a fragment of a defence of The reasonableness of Christianity; it is undated, but may represent an initial attempt at a vindication.

The manuscript is written on one page of a folded sheet of paper. It is now found in a guardbook containing medical papers, wrapped around a quire containing notes and advice on pregnancy (ff. 93-98); the first leaf (f. 92) is blank.

Publications:

Vindications of The reasonableness of Christianity / John Locke ; edited … by Victor Nuovo. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2012. – (The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke) — pp. 235-239. [Locke #680+] Reproductions of the manuscript appear on pp. 236 (f. 99^r) and 237 (f. 99^v.

Discussions: Nuovo, publication #1 above, p. xciv.

Mouth Sore [1695?]

Location: Glawgow University, MS. Murray 416, pages 80-86.

Description: A medical receipt, copied from a letter from Anne Docwra to Damaris Masham. The receipt was not written by Locke, but includes a brief comment in Locke’s hand. There is a marginal caption “Mouth Sore” on page 80. The receipt occurs on pages headed “95”; it was most likely written in 1695.

One of three receipts from Anne Docwra, a Quaker writer residing in Cambridge and a correspondent of Damaris Masham.

Publications:

“Further reflections on Locke’s medical remains” / Peter Anstey. // IN: Locke studies. – 15 (2015):237-241.

Discussions: Anstey, publication above, pages 234-236.

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