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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters from Rose Smith Forbes to James Murray Forbes |
| Reference | Ms. N-49, box 9 |
| Library | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Collection | Forbes Family Papers |
| Date | 1858-1868 |
| Description | On various social and business matters. Including information on the American Civil War and slavery. |
| Document Type | Correspondence, Manuscript |
| Theme(s) | Social Life; Trade and Commerce |
| Keywords | American Civil War, business, climate, children, church, culture, death, employment, execution, family, government, health, marriage, president, politics, religion, slaves, social life, steamship, vessel, voyage, wages |
| Countries | USA; Philippines; China |
| Places | Milton; Manila; San Francisco; Boston; Hong Kong; Illinois; Burlington; New York; California |
| People | Rose Smith Forbes; James Murray Forbes; Abraham Lincoln; Edward Cunningham; Henry Parkman Sturgis |
| 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 |
