Forbes, James, 1749–1819, James Forbes letter, Bombay, 1775 November 18, 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, Bombay, 1775 November 18
- 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 8, page 185-186
- 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:
- Forbes’s sixtieth letter is a brief note, an update on his plans and health. The latter is by no means good—he has had to abandon his intention to rejoin the army until its return to Bombay (Mumbai), and instead prepares to sail back to England to recover his health. This is, unfortunately, a rather tricky proposition, as the last East India ship left for England several weeks ago. Forbes then plans to join a smaller ship destined for the Cape of Good Hope, carrying “an account of our present political system.” He hopes that in six months’ time he might deliver in person his letters on the military campaign. This text does not appear in <title>Oriental Memoirs</title>.
- Physical Description:
- 2 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/3199768
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199768?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1