Forbes, Harriette Merrifield, 1856-1951.

Harriette Forbes was an author and historian from Worcester, Ma. Her husband was Judge William Trowbridge Forbes and her daughter, Esther Forbes, was a novelist. Forbes wrote New England Diaries, Orderly Books and Sea Journals, 1923, and Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them, 1927.

From the description of Glass plate negatives of New England gravestones, 1925-1939. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122559240

Author of Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them, 1653-1800 (c1927) and amateur photographer who processed her own photographs for publication.

From the description of Forbes gravestone photograph collection, 1890-1940 (bulk 1919-1919). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70963237

Harriette Merrifield Forbes (1856-1951), Worcester author and historian, was the widow of Judge William Trowbridge Forbes (1850-1931) and the mother of novelist Esther Forbes (1891-1967). A capable researcher, she wrote New England Diaries, 1602-1800: A Descriptive Catalogue of Diaries, Orderly Books and Sea Journals (Topsfield, Mass.: The Perkins Press, 1923), and Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them (Boston: The Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin, 1927).

From the description of Papers, 1887-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207135313