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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters from James Murray Forbes to Alice Bowditch and Edith Forbes |
| Reference | Ms. N-49, box 40 |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Collection | Forbes Family Papers |
| Collection Series | James Murray Forbes Papers, 1813-1930 |
| Date | 1869-1909 |
| Author / Creator | Forbes, James Murray |
| Description | Includes a letter proposing marriage to Alice Bowditch, subsequent letters pleading his case to her, and other letters describing life in China. |
| Document Type | Manuscript, Correspondence |
| Theme(s) | Social Life |
| Keywords | family, marriage, domestic, friends, society |
| Countries | China; USA; UK |
| Places | Vermont; London |
| Ports | Shanghai, China; Hong Kong, China; Boston, USA; New York, USA |
| People | Francis Blackwell Forbes |
| Additional Information |
James Murray Forbes was born in 1845, the son of Rose and Robert Bennet Forbes (1804-1889). He had a brother, Robert Bennet Forbes (1837-1891) and a sister Edith (1843-1925) who married Charles Elliott Perkins in 1864. In 1871, James married Alice Francis Bowditch (1848-1929), and the couple had three children: Allan (1874-1955), Mary Bowditch (1878-1961), and Dorothy Murray (1881-1944). James Murray Forbes travelled abroad to China to work for Russell and Company in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Canton. After his marriage in 1871 he served as Russell and Company's agent in Boston for a time, and then worked as an officer for several railroad and investment companies. He maintained a house at 107 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, one at Milton, and one at Dark Harbor, Maine. Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Massachusetts Historical Society catalogue. |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Historical Society |
