Jun 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ch 4: Glorious Revolutions? John LockeSecond Treatise of Government(1690) Perhaps Locke’s best-known writing, this work was a response to Sir Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha. It attacked the very basis of defenses of absolutist monarchies. Written in exile,...
Jun 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ch 4: Glorious Revolutions? John LockeFirst Treatise of Government(1690) Perhaps Locke’s best-known writing, this work was a response to Sir Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha. It attacked the very basis of defenses of absolutist monarchies. Written in exile,...
Aug 21, 2022 | 17th Century, England
Colonial (State) Papers John Locke – Colonial State Papers Excerpts Introduction In 1696, William III appointed Locke as a member [governor?] of the Board of Trade, a revamped committee to manage colonial affairs for the empire. Locke was the secretary of its...
Jul 1, 2020 | 17th Century, Manuscript, North America, Transcription
London Locke’s 1698 Virginia Plan As a leading member of the Board of Trade after the Glorious Revolution in 1688, John Locke investigated and wrote a lengthy plan to reform Virginia laws and policies, including polices of governance and that related to slavery....
May 1, 2020 | 17th Century, Netherlands, Pamphlet, Transcription
An Exiles Writings John Locke – A Letter Concerning Toleration Writing on the matter of religious toleration, it may seem Locke was simply interested in advocating for the rights or liberties of religious minorities. Yet, during a time when monarchs asserted...