Letter 0693

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John Locke to Hans Sloane – July 14, 1701


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Date: July 14, 1701
Author: John Locke
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 187-188


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[fol. 187] Oates 14 July 01 Sr The inclosed paper I caried to town with me when I was lately there on purpose to put into yr hands to print it or otherwise as yu should think fit. It was writ by Mr Benjamin ffurly of Rotterdam to his son here in England & by him communicated to me. It is a remarkable story & he yt writes it is a man of yt credit that yu may put into the philosophical Transactions yu know best. Yonge Mr Furly is now at Mr Joseph Wrights a merchand liveing near London stone in Canon street if yu desire any farther information concerning the boy.. I am sorry I came not home early enough to my Lodging when yu did me the favour to call there & stay some time in expectacen of me. I would willingly had a little more conversation with yu whilst I was in town. My little stay kept me in a perpetuall hurry whilst I was there. I hope to make my self reparation by a speedy return thither & a longer aboad there if my lungs will consent & then I promising my self a fuller enjoymt of yr company I am Sr yr most humble & obedient servant John Locke

Locke was a philosopher, physician, and highly influential proponent of liberalism in England (J. R. Milton, Locke, John (16321704), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16885, accessed 24 June 2013]).



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