THE 
LIFE 
AND 
STUDIES 
OF 
BENJAMIN 
WEST. 
 
CHAP. 
The 
Birth 
and 
Paternal Arlcsstry 
Qf Mr. 
PVest. 
His 
FvIuternul Family. Ill. His Father. IV. The Origin of the 
Aboiition of Slavery by the Quakers. V. The Progress of 
the Abolition. VI. The Education of the Negroes. VII. The 
Preaching of Edmund Pechover. VIII. His zldmonitory 
Prediction to the Father of West. IX. The jirst Indication 
of Benjamin,s Genius. X. Stale qf Society in Pennsylvania. 
XI. The Indians give lVest the Primary Colours. XII. The 
A1-tist's]9rst Pencils. XIII. The Present ofa Bow of Colours 
and Engravings. XIV. His first Painting. 
BENJAMIN 
WEST, 
the 
subject 
of 
the 
following Memoirs, was the youngest son of 
John West and Sarah Pearson, and was born near 
Springfield, 
in 
Chester 
County, 
in 
the 
State of