Description:One letter amongst Sir William’s personal papers is addressed to James Linfield. It appears from the letter that Sir William’s son had been tutored under James Linfield’s guidance at his school at St. James, Westminster. Sir William writes in response to a letter from Linfield describing his son’s progress.
Sir William’s letter, dated 15th January 1690, begins ‘I am very much pleased with the account you gave me of my sonne, in your letter’. Sir William then goes on to describe how he would like his son to be educated, stating ‘I confess I would not have him either too airy, or insipid, neither a sparke, nor a clod-pate'. Sir William concludes that ‘good sense, & good Moralls, will in time produce a good understanding, & under your conduct, by the assistance he has, he will grow up to be a sincere, plaine, honest Man’.
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