Letters from various correspondents, 1861-1914.

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Letters from various correspondents, 1861-1914.

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Includes 14 letters to Forbes from various correspondents and 32 letters to Sarah Forbes Hughes, daughter of John Murray Forbes, relating chiefly to her biographical work on her father, Letters and Recollections of John Murray Forbes (1899).

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Hughes, Sarah Forbes

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Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898

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Philanthropist, abolitionist. Contributed to the building of the railroad system in the United States. From the description of John Murray Forbes letter to George William Curtis, [manuscript], 1891 January 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 263078000 Forbes was a Boston businessman who was engaged in the China trade early in his life and later involved in railroad development in the American West. From the description of Letters from various corres...