Comprises papers resulting from the research of Don Charlwood into Captain James Nicol "Bully" Forbes. Includes photocopies of articles, undated, regarding Forbes and the ships Lightning and Marco Polo; photocopy from Liverpool Echo and Evening Express, 31 May 1961, "The fastest ship in the world : Bully Forbes, greatest of Liverpool's clipper captains"; photocopy from Liverpool Times, 26 October 1854, regarding news of Forbes and the Lightning; photocopy from the Argus, December 1930, regarding Forbes; and photocopy of photograph of Forbes' grave, Liverpool, from Sea Breezes, December 1935. Also, correspondence, 1973, regarding Charlwood's research. Includes letters to Charlwood from private researcher Hayden Napper in London, Liverpool City Libraries, National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, South African Public Library, Public Record Office in London, and from a descendant of Forbes' in Liverpool.
