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Call Number:
Folio A 2023 69
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Title(s):
James Forbes letter to David Garrow, 1782 December 16
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 12, page 211-215
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 includes, among his letters, another letter, written in verse, to the Reverend David Garrow (1715-1805). In the beginning to the letter, Forbes addresses Garrow as “honor’d tutor, and my much lov’d friend”: Garrow was a tutor at a school in Monken Hadley which prepared students, including (presumably) Forbes, for careers in commerce, such as for the East India Company. He goes on to describe education under Garrow, particularly engagement with classical literature like Ovid, Virgil, and so on. He next recounts his encounter with religion in the school’s environment. Forbes closes the letter with the hope that he might soon leave India for England. He claims, “For India’s splendid pomp I’ve no desire, Nor to a Nabob’s wealth do I aspire,” referring to the newly-wealthy men returning from their time in India, termed “nabob’s” by the British populace.
Physical Description:
5 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 drawings
Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
Associated Places:
England
Italy
Scotland
Wales
Associated People/Groups:
East India Company
Forbes, 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/3200052
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3200052?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1