"I have but one Child in the World, who is now nigh four Years old, and promises well; his Mother left him to me very young, and my Affections (I must confess) are strongly placed on him. It has pleased God, by the liberal Provisions of our Ancestors, to free me from the toiling Cares of providing a Fortune for him; so that my whole Study shall be to lay up a Treasure of Knowledge in his Mind, for his Happiness both in this Life and the next."
Letter to John Locke (March 2, 1692/3) [from Some Familiar Letters]
3 entries in ESTC for uniform title <u>Some Familiar Letters Between Mr. Locke and Several of His Friends</u> (1708, 1737, 1742).<br>
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Text from <u>Familiar Letters Between Mr. John Locke, and Several of His Friends. In Which Are Explain'd, His Notions in His Essay Concerning Human Understanding, and in Some of His Other Works</u>, 4th ed. (London: Printed for F. Noble; T. Wright; and J. Duncan, 1742). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T130566">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="books.google.com/books?id=-004AAAAMAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;. ESTC note: "A reissue of the 1737 Bettesworth and Hitch edition, with the addition of the 'life', and a cancel titlepage."<br>
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See also <u>Some Familiar Letters Between Mr. Locke, and Several of His Friends.</u> (London: Printed for A. and J. Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster Row, 1708). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T117287">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="books.google.com/books?id=gzIVAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;