Forbes, James, 1749–1819, James Forbes letter to David Garrow, 1782 December 16, copied between 1794 and 1800
- 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 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/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