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Bodleian Library, Oxford University
MS. Locke c. 6
A guardbook in which are mounted letters to Locke from Locke’s publisher John Churchill, his friends Edward and Mary Clarke, and others.
218 leaves.
Individual items in the volume include:
Churchill, John [10 letters, 1700-1704]
ff. 1-2:
Letter from Churchill, 30 August 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2765]
f. 3:
Letter from Churchill, 6 September 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2995]
f. 4:
Letter from Churchill, 25 September 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3005]
ff. 5-6:
Letter from Churchill, 4 October 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3012]
ff. 7-8:
Letter from Churchill, 1 September 1702.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3185]
f. 9:
Letter from Churchill, 8 September 1702.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3187]
ff. 10-11:
Letter from Churchill, 15 September 1703.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3335]
ff. 12-13:
Letter from Churchill, 9 October 1703.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3345]
ff. 14-15:
Letter from Churchill, 16 May 1704.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3535]
ff. 16-17:
Letter from Churchill, 22 June 1704.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3568]
Clarke, Edward [95 letters, 1682-1704]
f. 18:
Letter from Clarke, 26 October 1682.
[printed in Rand (ed.), The correspondence of John Locke and Edward Clarke (1927), pp. 87-88; De Beer, ii. 739]
f. 19:
Letter from Clarke, 2 October 1686.
[printed De Beer, iii. 869]
f. 20:
Letter from Clarke (fragment), 16 October 1686.
[printed De Beer, iii. 871]
f. 21:
Letter from Clarke, 30 August 1686.
[printed in Rand, pp. 165-166; De Beer, iii. 863]
f. 22:
Letter from Clarke, 5 November 1686.
[printed in Rand, pp. 170-171; De Beer, iii. 875]
f. 23:
Letter from Dr. David Thomas to [Locke?] and from Clarke to Locke, 25 November 1686.
[printed in Rand, pp. 171-173; De Beer, iii. 878]
f. 24:
Letter from Clarke, [14] December 1686.
[printed in Rand, pp. 173-174; De Beer, iii. 885]
f. 25:
Letter from Clarke to [Sylvester Brounower?], 31 December 1686.
[printed in Rand, p. 178; De Beer, iii. (891)]
f. 26:
Letter from Clarke, 21 and 25 January 1687.
[printed in Rand, pp. 181-183; De Beer, iii. 900]
f. 27:
Letter from Clarke, 28 January 1687.
[printed in Rand, pp. 188-191; De Beer, iii. 901]
f. 28:
Letter from Clarke, 8 February 1687.
[printed in Rand, pp. 191-192; De Beer, iii. 907]
ff. 29-30:
Letter from Clarke, 26 March 1687.
[printed in Rand, pp. 197-200; De Beer, iii. 924]
f. 31:
Letter from Clarke, 4 April 1687.
[printed in Rand, pp. 200-201; De Beer, iii. 927]
f. 32:
Letter from Clarke, 13 May 1687.
[printed in Rand, pp. 213-214; De Beer, iii. 935]
ff. 33-34:
Letter from Clarke, 13 August 1687.
[printed in Rand, pp. 220-225; De Beer, iii. 954]
f. 37:
Letter from [Thomas Firmin?], [8 or 9 April 1697?].
[printed De Beer, vi. 2241; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 245]
f. 38:
Letter from Clarke, 29 September 1687.
[printed in Rand, pp. 226-228; De Beer, iii. 966]
f. 39:
Letter from Clarke, 12 November 1687.
[printed in Rand, p. 229; De Beer, iii. 976]
ff. 40-41:
Letter from Clarke, 14 January 1688.
[printed in Rand, p. 232; De Beer, iii. 994]
f. 42:
Letter from Clarke, 27 January 1688.
[printed in Rand, p. 233; De Beer, iii. 1000]
ff. 43-44:
Letter from Clarke, 21 February 1688.
[printed in Rand, pp. 249-250; De Beer, iii. 1016]
ff. 45-46:
Letter from Clarke, 2 March 1688.
[printed in Rand, pp. 251-252; De Beer, iii. 1021]
f. 47:
Letter from Clarke, 16 March 1688.
[printed in Rand, pp. 258-260; De Beer, iii. 1030]
ff. 48-49:
Letter from Clarke, 5 June 1688.
[printed in Rand, pp. 274-275; De Beer, iii. 1055]
ff. 50-51:
Letter from Clarke, 19 June 1688.
[printed in Rand, pp. 275-276; De Beer, iii. 1060]
f. 52:
Letter from Clarke, 16 September 1688.
[printed in Rand, pp. 278-280; De Beer, iii. 1077]
f. 53:
Letter from Clarke, 30 September 1688.
[printed in Rand, pp. 280-281; De Beer, iii. 1080]
ff. 54-55:
Letter from Clarke, 24 October 1688.
[printed in Rand, pp. 284-285; De Beer, iii. 1086]
f. 56:
Letter from Clarke, 20 April 1689.
[printed in Rand, pp. 292-294; De Beer, iii. 1130]
f. 57:
Letter from Clarke, 30 July 1689.
[printed in Rand, pp. 294-295; De Beer, iii. 1167]
f. 58:
Letter from Clarke, 12 August 1689.
[printed in Rand, pp. 295-296; De Beer, iii. 1174]
ff. 59-60:
Letter from Clarke, 7 March 1691.
[printed in Rand, pp. 303-306; De Beer, iv. 1369]
f. 61:
Letter from Clarke, 8 July 1691.
[printed in Rand, pp. 313-314; De Beer, iv. 1406]
f. 62:
Letter from Clarke, 15 December 1691.
[printed in Rand, pp. 324-325; De Beer, iv. 1439; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, pp. 161-162]
f. 63:
Letter from Clarke, 23 January 1692.
[printed in Rand, pp. 330-331; De Beer, iv. 1455; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 162]
f. 64:
Letter from Clarke, 5 March 1692.
[printed in Rand, pp. 339-340; De Beer, iv. 1475]
f. 65:
Letter from Clarke, 19 March 1692.
[printed in Rand, p. 345; De Beer, iv. 1481]
ff. 66-67:
Letter from Clarke, 19 March 1692.
[printed in Rand, pp. 349-350; De Beer, iv. 1526]
f. 68:
Letter from Clarke, 31 August 1692.
[printed in Rand, pp. 350-351; De Beer, iv. 1532]
ff. 69-70:
Letter from Clarke, 20 October 1692.
[printed in Rand, p. 351; De Beer, iv. 1546]
f. 71:
Letter from Clarke, 22 October 1692.
[printed in Rand, p. 352; De Beer, iv. 1548]
ff. 72-73:
Letter from Clarke, 25 October 1692.
[printed in Rand, pp. 353-354; De Beer, iv. 1550]
ff. 74-75:
Letter from Clarke, 12 November 1692.
[printed in Rand, p. 360; De Beer, iv. 1566]
f. 76:
Letter from Clarke, 21 March 1694.
[printed in Rand, pp. 392-393; De Beer, v. 1724]
f. 77:
Letter from Clarke, 22 July 1693.
[printed in Rand, pp. 377-378; De Beer, iv. 1644]
f. 78:
Letter from Clarke, 2 August 1693.
[printed in Rand, pp. 378-379; De Beer, iv. 1647; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 184]
ff. 79-80:
Letter from Clarke, 16 September 1693.
[printed in Rand, p. 380; De Beer, iv. 1660]
ff. 81-82:
Letter from Clarke, 29 October 1693.
[printed in Rand, pp. 380-381; De Beer, iv. 1666]
ff. 83-84:
Letter from Clarke, 9 February 1694.
[printed in Rand, pp. 385-386; De Beer, v. 1706]
ff. 85-86:
Letter from Clarke, 27 March 1694.
[printed in Rand, p. 393; De Beer, v. 1727]
f. 87:
Letter from Clarke, 28 July 1694.
[printed in Rand, pp. 395-396; De Beer, v. 1762]
ff. 88-89:
Letter from Clarke, 28 August 1694.
[printed in Rand, pp. 398-399; De Beer, v. 1778]
ff. 90-91:
Letter from Clarke, 13 November 1694.
[printed in Rand, p. 403; De Beer, v. 1813]
ff. 92-93:
Letter from Clarke, 27 November 1694.
[printed in Rand, pp. 403-404; De Beer, v. 1819]
f. 94:
Letter from Clarke, 15 January 1695.
[printed in Rand, pp. 405-406; De Beer, v. 1837]
ff. 95-96:
Letter from Clarke, 30 September 1695.
[printed in Rand, pp. 422-423; De Beer, v. 1951]
ff. 97-98:
Letter from Clarke, 7 October 1695.
[printed in Rand, pp. 423-424; De Beer, v. 1955]
ff. 99-100:
Letter from John Freke and Clarke, 2 January 1696.
[printed in Rand, pp. 429-430; De Beer, v. 1985]
ff. 101-102:
Letter from Clarke, 9 January 1696.
[printed in Rand, p. 433; De Beer, v. 1997]
ff. 103-104:
Letter from Clarke, 15 February 1696.
[printed in Rand, pp. 440-441; De Beer, v. 2017]
f. 105:
Letter from Clarke, 5 March 1696.
[printed in Rand, p. 445; De Beer, v. 2027]
ff. 106-107:
Letter from Clarke, 20 April 1695, enclosing letter from Mrs. Mary Clarke to Clarke, 15 April 1695 (ff. 175-176).
[Clarke’s letter printed in Rand, p. 411; both in De Beer, v. 1881]
ff. 108-109:
Letter from Clarke [and John Freke?], 30 April 1695.
[printed in Rand, p. 413; De Beer, v. 1891]
ff. 110-111:
Letter from Clarke [and John Freke?], 2 May 1695.
[printed in Rand, pp. 413-414; De Beer, v. 1892]
f. 112:
Letter from Clarke, 23 May 1695.
[printed in Rand, p. 417; De Beer, v. 1907]
f. 113:
Letter from Clarke, 28 May 1695.
[printed in Rand, p. 419; De Beer, v. 1911]
f. 114:
Letter from Clarke, 28 March 1696.
[printed in Rand, pp. 452-453; De Beer, v. 2049]
ff. 115-116:
Letter from Clarke, 31 March 1696.
[printed in Rand, p. 454; De Beer, v. 2054]
f. 117:
Letter from Clarke [and John Freke?], 30 April 1696.
[printed in Rand, p. 469; De Beer, v. 2077]
f. 118:
Letter from Clarke [and John Freke?], 14 and 15 May 1696.
[printed in Rand, pp. 481-481; De Beer, v. 2088]
f. 119:
Letter from Clarke, 30 March 1697.
[printed in Rand, p. 509; De Beer, vi. 2234]
f. 120:
Letter from Clarke, 22 April 1697.
[printed in Rand, pp. 509-510; De Beer, vi. 2249]
f. 121:
Letter from Clarke, 29 April 1697.
[printed in Rand, pp. 510-511; De Beer, vi. 2251]
ff. 122-123:
Letter from Clarke, 8 May 1697.
[printed in Rand, pp. 512-513; De Beer, vi. 2259]
f. 124:
Letter from Clarke, 13 May 1697.
[printed in Rand, p. 513; De Beer, vi. 2261]
ff. 125-126:
Letter from Clarke, 22 May 1697.
[printed in Rand, pp. 514-515; De Beer, vi. 2266]
f. 127:
Letter from Clarke, 10 June 1697.
[printed in Rand, p. 517; De Beer, vi. 2274]
f. 128:
Letter from Clarke, 14 August 1697.
[printed in Rand, pp. 519-520; De Beer, vi. 2299; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, pp. 249-250]
f. 129:
Order to Awnsham and John Churchill to pay Locke on Clarke’s account; enclosed in letter from Clarke, 6 September 1697 (ff. 130-131).
[printed De Beer, vi. 2308]
ff. 130-131:
Letter from Clarke, 6 September 1697; with an enclosure (f. 129).
[printed in Rand, p. 523; De Beer, vi. 2308]
f. 132:
Letter from Clarke, 1 January 1697/8.
[printed in Rand, pp. 529-530; De Beer, vi. 2371]
f. 133:
Letter from Clarke, 1 March 1697/8.
[printed in Rand, pp. 533-534; De Beer, vi. 2399]
ff. 134-135:
Letter from Clarke, 3 May 1698.
[printed in Rand, p. 536; De Beer, vi. 2429]
ff. 136-137:
Letter from Clarke, 31 October 1700.
[printed in Rand, pp. 570-571; De Beer, vii. 2804]
ff. 138-139:
Letter from Clarke, 25 February 1700[/1].
[printed in Rand, p. 579; De Beer, vii. 2867]
ff. 140-141:
Letter from Clarke, 25 August 1701.
[printed in Rand, p. 581; De Beer, vii. 2988]
f. 142:
Letter from Clarke, 29 January 1701/2.
[printed in Rand, pp. 583-584; De Beer, vii. 3078]
f. 143:
Letter from Clarke, 14 February 1701/2.
[printed in Rand, p. 585; De Beer, vii. 3093]
f. 144:
Letter from Clarke, 23 February 1702/3.
[printed in Rand, p. 588; De Beer, vii. 3257]
ff. 145-146:
Letter from Clarke, 8 June 1703.
[printed in Rand, p. 589; De Beer, viii. 3298]
f. 147:
Letter from Clarke, 2 December 1703.
[printed in Rand, pp. 591-592; De Beer, viii. 3396]
ff. 148-149:
Letter from Clarke, 14 December 1703.
[printed in Rand, p. 595; De Beer, viii. 3406]
f. 150:
Letter from Clarke, 13 January 1703/4.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3421]
ff. 151-152:
Letter from Clarke, 25 January 1703/4.
[printed in Rand, p. 597; De Beer, viii. 3436]
ff. 153-154:
Letter from Clarke, 26 February 1703/4.
[printed in Rand, pp. 597-598; De Beer, viii. 3472]
Clarke, Elizabeth [10 letters, 1697, 1701-1704]
ff. 155-156:
Letter from Clarke, 26 September 1697.
[printed De Beer, vi. 2317]
ff. 157-158:
Letter from Clarke, 5 July 1701.
[printed in Rand (ed.), The correspondence of John Locke and Edward Clarke (1927), p. 580; De Beer, vii. 2949]
ff. 159-160:
Letter from Clarke, 6 September 1701.
[printed in Rand (ed.), Correspondence (1927), pp. 581-582; De Beer, vii. 2996]
ff. 161-162:
Letter from Clarke, 23 February 1702/3.
[printed in Rand (ed.), Correspondence (1927), p. 588; De Beer, vii. 2996]
ff. 163-164:
Letter from Clarke, 8 July 1703.
[printed in Rand (ed.), Correspondence (1927), pp. 589-590; De Beer, viii. 3317]
ff. 165-166:
Letter from Clarke, 13 October 1703.
[printed in Rand (ed.), Correspondence (1927), p. 590; De Beer, viii. 3347]
ff. 167-168:
Letter from Clarke, 4 December 1703.
[printed in Rand (ed.), Correspondence (1927), p. 592; De Beer, viii. 3400; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, pp. 323-324]
ff. 169-170:
Letter from Clarke, 21 January 1703/4.
[printed in Rand (ed.), Correspondence (1927), pp. 596-597; De Beer, viii. 3430]
ff. 171-172:
Letter from Clarke, 8 April 1704.
[printed in Rand (ed.), Correspondence (1927), p. 599; De Beer, viii. 3507]
ff. 173-174:
Letter from Clarke, 14 August 1704.
[printed in Rand (ed.), Correspondence (1927), pp. 601-602; De Beer, viii. 3612]
Clarke, Mrs. Mary [7 letters, 1682-1690, 1695]
ff. 175-176:
Letter from Mrs. Clarke to Edward Clarke, 15 April 1695; enclosed in Clarke’s letter to Locke, 20 April 1695 (ff. 106-107).
[printed De Beer, v. (1881)]
ff. 177-178:
Letter from Mrs. Clarke, 23 May 1682.
[printed in Rand (ed.), The correspondence of John Locke and Edward Clarke (1927), pp. 86-87; De Beer, ii. 709]
f. 179:
Letter from Mrs. Clarke, 16 January 1685.
[printed in Rand, pp. 121-122; De Beer, ii. 806]
f. 180:
Letter from Mrs. Clarke, 8 February 1685.
[printed in Rand, pp. 192-193; De Beer, iii. 908]
ff. 181-182:
Letter from Mrs. Clarke, 16 February 1688.
[printed in Rand, pp. 246-249; De Beer, iii. 1013]
ff. 183-184:
Letter from Mrs. Clarke, 3 March 1690.
[printed in Rand, pp. 297-298; De Beer, iv. 1253]
f. 185:
Letter from Mrs. Clarke and John Spreat, 23 March 1690.
[printed in Rand, pp. 298-299; De Beer, iv. 1271]
Clarke, Richard [1 letter, 1699]
f. 186:
Letter from Clarke to [Locke?], 12 January 1698[/99]
[printed De Beer, vi. 2534]
Clarke, Samuel [3 letters, 1703-1704]
f. 187:
Letter from Clarke, 27 May 1703
[printed De Beer, viii. 3290]
f. 188:
Letter from Clarke, 26 June 1703
[printed De Beer, viii. 3309]
f. 189:
Letter from Clarke, 27 May 1704
[printed De Beer, viii. 3547]
Clarke, William [1 letter, 1694]
ff. 190-192:
Letter from Clarke (ff. 191-192), 1 August [1694]; with an enclosure (f. 190).
[printed De Beer, v. 1765]
Cockshutt, John, ca. 1641-1670 [1 letter, 1669?]
ff. 193-194:
Letter from Cockshutt, [probably before 29 August 1669?].
Salutation: Sir
Signature: Sir | Your most obliged servant | John Cockshutt | Saturday
Tentative date assigned by De Beer based on the identity of the writer.
Printed: Corr., i. 233.
Cole, Dr. William, 1635-1716 [7 letters, 1690-1704]
ff. 195-196:
Letter from Dr. Cole, 30 April 1690.
[printed De Beer, iv. 1287]
ff. 197-200:
Letter from Dr. Cole, 19 May 1690.
[printed De Beer, iv. 1290]
ff. 201-204:
Letter from Dr. Cole, 11 June 1690.
[printed De Beer, iv. 1299]
ff. 205-206:
Letter from Dr. Cole, 25 September 1690.
[printed De Beer, iv. 1321]
ff. 207-208:
Letter from Dr. Cole, 20 August 1691.
[printed De Beer, iv. 1414]
ff. 209-210:
Letter from Dr. Cole, 8 June 1703.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3299]
ff. 211-212:
Letter from Dr. Cole, 6 July 1704.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3580]
Colleton, Sir Peter, 1635-1694 [3 letters, 1673-74]
ff. 213-214:
Letter from Colleton, 3 March 1674.
Superscription: Barbados this 3d: of March: 1673
Salutation: Sir
Signature: Your most humble and faithfull servant | P Colleton
Endorsement: Colleton Sir P: 3o Mar. 73
The year is old style, i.e. 1673/4.
Printed: De Beer, i. 287.
ff. 215-216:
Letter from Colleton, [ca. October 1673].
Salutation: Sir
Signature: your fiathfull frend and servant | P Colleton
Address: To John Locke Esqr at the Lord Chancellors London
Postmark: DE —
Endorsement: Colleton Sr Pet 73
Date supplied by De Beer.
Printed: Corr., i. 279; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 46-48]
ff. 217-218:
Letter from Colleton, 22 July 1674.
Superscription: Barbados this 22th of July 1674
Signature: Your very affectionate humble servant | P Colleton
Endorsement: Sr P Colleton 22 Jul. 74
Answers a letter from Locke dated 26 Dec 1673 (missing).
Printed: De Beer, i. 289.
