DESCRIPTION OF MAIN MANUSCRIPT REPOSITORIES

Bodleian Library, Rhodes House, Oxford University. The archives of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG), now the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, are held at Rhodes House in Oxford. Catalogues of SPG correspondence, letterbook copies of official correspondence, and some original autographed letters are available, although one letter unfortunately went missing when the materials were rebound. SPG catalogue, C/AM9, A24. ser. B vol. 15 (letter 191 missing), 191a, 249.

British Library, London. The Berkeley Manuscripts are bound volumes containing notes, reflections, and other materials by Berkeley and others in his family. British Library (BL) Add. MSS 39304, 39305, 39306, and 39311 include a number of letters and drafts of letters, many in Berkeley's hand. Also present at the British Library are the Egmont Papers. These records were formerly housed at the Public Records Office in London but have since been moved to the British Library. They include John Percival's records and letterbooks that contain copies (typically in a secretary's hand) of much of his correspondence with Berkeley, along with some correspondence between Percival's son (also named John) and Berkeley. The volumes in the Egmont Collection (BL Add. MSS 46964–47213) with letters include BL Add. MSS 46986, 46997, 46998, 47000, 47012B, 47013B, 47014A, 47025, 47026, 47027, 47028, 47029, 47030, 47031, 47032, and 47033. The letter to Sloane comes from the Sloane Manuscripts (BL Sloane ms 4040) and two other volumes contained letters as well: BL Add. MSS 32710 and 46688.

Beinecke Library, Yale University. ms Vault File Berkeley and the Johnson Family Papers (MS 305) both have loose autographed letters of Berkeley along with other miscellaneous Berkeleiana. Two additional letters are present in the Osborn Files “B” folders 1118 and 1184.

Butler Library, Columbia University. The Johnson Papers are held here. They contain a number of letters and copies of letters between Johnson and Berkeley. The collection includes three bound volumes and a box of loose materials.