Forbes, James, 1749–1819, James Forbes letter, Dhuboy, 1775 June 25, copied between 1794 and 1800
- Call Number:
- Folio A 2023 69
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Forbes, James, 1749–1819
- Title(s):
- James Forbes letter, Dhuboy, 1775 June 25
- Date:
- copied between 1794 and 1800
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: A voyage from England to Bombay with descriptions in Asia, Africa, and South America
- Part of Collection:
- volume 7, page 303-305
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Scope and Content:
- The monsoon marks the conclusion of the campaign on the part of Ragobah (Raghunathrao) against the opposing Maratha forces. Faced with a “scene of woe” the morning after the destruction of the camp, the English forces regroup and beginning digging their equipment out of the mud. They make little progress: the roads are so muddy as to limit travel; Forbes himself opts for his horse, and later an elephant, as a suitable mode of transportation, but neither is able to walk with ease across the wet ground. At last, the English reach Dhuboy, where they will spend the duration of the winter. Here they part from Ragobah, who will head elsewhere during this period of inclement weather. Forbes seems pleased by his situation “in this ancient Hindoo city, where I flatter myself with enjoying a few month’s repose.” Here the letter ends, with a promise of more details to come. Portions of this text appear in <title>Oriental Memoirs</title>, volume 2, chapter 19.
- Physical Description:
- 3 pages
- Genre:
- Correspondence , Botanical illustrations, Ornithological illustrations, Travel sketches, Maps, Watercolors (paintings), Drawings (visual works), Engravings (prints), and Portraits
- Subject Terms:
- Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Descriptive letters and drawingsForbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
- Associated Places:
- EnglandItalyScotlandWales
- Associated People/Groups:
- East India CompanyForbes, James, 1749-1819
- Finding Aid Title:
- James Forbes archive
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11734.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199738
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199738?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1