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Letter from John Locke to Hans Sloane, 2nd December 1699. Letter from writer and philosopher John Locke to Dr (later Sir) Hans Sloane, physician, naturalist and founder of British Museum, sending a proposal for the reformation of the English calendar, and referring to the performances of a strong man in London and to a new edition of his Essay on the Human Understanding. From the fourth series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I - V, (London, 1899).