James West FRS (1703–1772) James West Junior: correspondence...

James West FRS (1703–1772) James West Junior: correspondence concerning his education in Scotland and the Netherlands, 1760–1763. Forty two manuscript letters and associated papers, chiefly autograph letters signed on folded sheets and bifolia, several in French; including a draft letter, three accounts and a payment order. Two of John Anderson's letters extend to 15 and 18 manuscript pages respectively. Several items retain contemporary dockets, integral address panels or seal remnants. Old folds, occasional staining and handling wear; tears and paper loss affect some letters. James West, draft letter concerning his son's education, near Stratford-upon-Avon, 12 July 1760; the Duke of Argyll to James West, 9 August 1760; John Anderson to James West, with a note from West junior to his sister, York, 1 October 1760; Anderson, Edinburgh, 4 October; West junior, Edinburgh, 6 October, and Glasgow, 9 October; Anderson, Glasgow, 10 October; West junior to his mother, 21 and 28 October; Anderson, Glasgow, 7–20 November; West junior to his father, 13 November, to his mother, Glasgow, 24 November, and to his father, Glasgow, 2 December; James West to his son, Covent Garden, 12 December; Anderson, Glasgow, 19 December; West junior to his mother, 14 January 1761; Anderson, Glasgow, 15 January; West junior to his father, 25 January; Anderson, Glasgow, 28 January; West junior to his mother, 8 and 12 February; Anderson, Glasgow, 20 March; West junior to his mother, 23 March; Anderson, Glasgow, 22 April and 27 May; West junior's pocket-money account, October 1760–24 June 1761; Anderson's account of his expenses, Edinburgh, 30 June 1761; Campbell, Connell & Co., clothing account for West junior, settled 3 July 1761; West junior to his sister, undated [c.1761]; Mr Laurenzi [?] to James West, The Hague, 16 April 1762; Gabriel Deschamps to James West, London, 26 August; J. C. Ramier to James West, Amsterdam, 6 October; Charles Pye to West junior, Amsterdam, 27 October; Ramier to James West, Amsterdam, 25 December, and Utrecht, 29 December; Ramier, Amsterdam, 18, 21 and 28 January 1763, and 8 February; Ramier's payment order, Amsterdam, 9 February; Ramier to James West, Amsterdam, [after 28 February 1763]; and James West to his son, Covent Garden, April 1763, the day lost. (42) An unusually (near) full account of a young gentleman's education, seen through the letters of his father, his tutors and the young man himself. The early correspondence follows Anderson and West junior on their journey to Glasgow, where Anderson's lengthy reports set out his pupil's lectures, language lessons, mathematics, dancing and fencing alongside an exacting account of his expenses and conduct. Anderson praises the young man's heart and judgement but repeatedly finds his resolutions overcome by amusement, company and a desire to keep horses. West's own letters combine affectionate paternal counsel with the hope that his son will become "a man of business & a gentleman"; his son's letters home give a less formal view of lectures, friendships, music, clothes, money and family life. The later papers follow West junior to the Netherlands and the search for a suitable governor. Ramier's substantial French correspondence proposes a programme embracing languages, history, geography and conduct, while reporting concerns about the young man's behaviour at Utrecht and negotiating the terms of his own employment. Deschamps's application offers a competing candidate; Pye's letter and the accounts document the practical business of supporting West abroad. Together, the group offers a sustained record of the ambitions, costs and difficulties of eighteenth-century education and travel. John Anderson FRSE FRS FSAScot (26 September 1726 – 13 January 1796) was a Scottish natural philosopher and educator of the Scottish Enlightenment, best known as the founder of the Andersonian Institute in Glasgow, the precursor of the University of Strathclyde. (ODNB)

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