The Four Manuscripts of John Locke's Essay concerning Toleration in comparison with his Letter concerning Toleration

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The result of this research is as follows:1 I made a collation of the four manuscripts of John Locke's Essay concerning Toleration, which shows differences among the four manuscripts.2 I revised the Japanese translation of Essay which had been published on the University bulletin (Hiroshima Law Journal) last year.3 I made a new Japanese edition of Essay which enables Japanese scholars easily to compare it with the English collation.4 The English collation and the new Japanese edition provide us with documentary evidence for comparison with Locke's Letter concerning Toleration.5 I made a research paper about documentary features of the four manuscripts of Essay.6 This research paper reveals the process of writing Essay, the differences of the four manuscripts, and the development of Locke's ideas of toleration.7 I made a report booklet (which should be submitted with this abstract) which contains the English collation, the Japanese text, and the research paper.8 I sent this report booklet to overseas and Japanese researcher to seek their review and advice.9 The co-investigator, Prof. Nishitani tried to make a CD containing the original pictures of the four manuscripts, the English collation, the Japanese text, the research paper and the program of reference.