James Forbes Papers. 1640-1770.

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James Forbes Papers. 1640-1770.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225722052

The collection includes miscelleaneous letters, notes and abstracts from sermons, recipes, and notes on religious subjects, as well as bound volumes on a variety of religious topics.

4 boxes and 7 v. (0.8 metres)

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7068597

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

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J. F. (James Forbs), 1629?-1712

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James Forbes was a nonconformist minister in Gloucester between 1654 and 1712. A Scot by birth, Forbes took his M.A. at Aberdeen before proceeding to Oxford where in 1654 he was called to be lecturer and weekly preacher in Gloucester Cathedral. At the Restoration of the Stuarts in 1660, he was turned out of his position. His refusal to conform led to his imprisonment. Upon release from jail the second time, he left for London where he survived both the plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of the fo...