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He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church.","Forbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.","Forbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","About one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. Separate inventory\n available.","Enclosure: \"A Copy Establishment for Two Compys. of\n Carpenters...\" 4 p.","Originally enclosed with 1756 August 18 Loretto, \n Hu[gh] Forbes to \n John [Forbes?].","Originally enclosed 1756 August 16 \n William Forbes to \n Hugh Forbes.","Forbes' commission as colonel of the \n Seventeenth Regiment of Foot.","Originally laid in the letterbook of Sir \n John St. Clair.","Originally laid in the letterbook of Sir \n John St. Clair. The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... The Memorial of\n the Freemen...\"","Concerns imprisonment of deserters.","A manuscript map of \n Fort Ticonderoga and the surrounding\n country is enclosed.","Enclosed: Ms., \"Rattle Snakes Faisants...\"","In French.","Corrections and additions in Forbes' handwriting.","Summary of military strategy.","Another draft of previous item.","Summary of military strategy.","Order of march.","Another draft of previous enrtry","Probably an early draft of the following letter.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","English"],"unitid_tesim":["10034"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_title_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_ssim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["In the foreword to his \n Writings of General John Forbes (Menasha, Wisconsin: Collegiate Press,\n 1938) , \n Alfred Proctor James discussed the fate\n of the Forbes office copies relating to the \n Duquesne expedition. He speculated that\n the archive may have been turned over to \n James Glen, Forbes' cousin and\n executor, a former royal governor of \n South Carolina, but suggested that\n there are Forbes papers in the possession of relatives in \n Scotland.","More than a third of a century later, on October 15,\n 1974, \n Sotheby's in \n London offered for sale at auction, a\n group of some 530 manuscripts from the headquarters papers\n of General Forbes, virtually all of which related to the \n Duquesne expedition. Sotheby was able\n to say only that the owners descended from \n James Glen through his niece and heir, \n Elizabeth Glen, who married \n George Ramsay, the Eighth Earl of\n Dalhousie. These papers were purchased for the \n Tracy W. McGregor Library with funds\n provided by the \n Trustees of the McGregor Fund, who\n have made annual grants for the purchase of additions to\n the collection since 1939.","It will be immediately apparent that the present archive\n contains virtually no material after August 1758. This\n suggests that there is an additional group of papers that\n has been lost or is in the possession of some other\n descendant and may be discovered in the future."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBiographical sketch\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e John Forbes, the son of Colonel \n John Forbes of \n Pittencrief, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,\n Scotland, and \n Elizabeth Graham, was probably born in\n 1707. He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biographical sketch"," John Forbes, the son of Colonel \n John Forbes of \n Pittencrief, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,\n Scotland, and \n Elizabeth Graham, was probably born in\n 1707. He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHeadquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. 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The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... 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He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church.","Forbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.","Forbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","About one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. Separate inventory\n available.","Enclosure: \"A Copy Establishment for Two Compys. of\n Carpenters...\" 4 p.","Originally enclosed with 1756 August 18 Loretto, \n Hu[gh] Forbes to \n John [Forbes?].","Originally enclosed 1756 August 16 \n William Forbes to \n Hugh Forbes.","Forbes' commission as colonel of the \n Seventeenth Regiment of Foot.","Originally laid in the letterbook of Sir \n John St. Clair.","Originally laid in the letterbook of Sir \n John St. Clair. The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... The Memorial of\n the Freemen...\"","Concerns imprisonment of deserters.","A manuscript map of \n Fort Ticonderoga and the surrounding\n country is enclosed.","Enclosed: Ms., \"Rattle Snakes Faisants...\"","In French.","Corrections and additions in Forbes' handwriting.","Summary of military strategy.","Another draft of previous item.","Summary of military strategy.","Order of march.","Another draft of previous enrtry","Probably an early draft of the following letter.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","English"],"unitid_tesim":["10034"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_title_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_ssim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["In the foreword to his \n Writings of General John Forbes (Menasha, Wisconsin: Collegiate Press,\n 1938) , \n Alfred Proctor James discussed the fate\n of the Forbes office copies relating to the \n Duquesne expedition. He speculated that\n the archive may have been turned over to \n James Glen, Forbes' cousin and\n executor, a former royal governor of \n South Carolina, but suggested that\n there are Forbes papers in the possession of relatives in \n Scotland.","More than a third of a century later, on October 15,\n 1974, \n Sotheby's in \n London offered for sale at auction, a\n group of some 530 manuscripts from the headquarters papers\n of General Forbes, virtually all of which related to the \n Duquesne expedition. Sotheby was able\n to say only that the owners descended from \n James Glen through his niece and heir, \n Elizabeth Glen, who married \n George Ramsay, the Eighth Earl of\n Dalhousie. These papers were purchased for the \n Tracy W. McGregor Library with funds\n provided by the \n Trustees of the McGregor Fund, who\n have made annual grants for the purchase of additions to\n the collection since 1939.","It will be immediately apparent that the present archive\n contains virtually no material after August 1758. This\n suggests that there is an additional group of papers that\n has been lost or is in the possession of some other\n descendant and may be discovered in the future."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBiographical sketch\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e John Forbes, the son of Colonel \n John Forbes of \n Pittencrief, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,\n Scotland, and \n Elizabeth Graham, was probably born in\n 1707. He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biographical sketch"," John Forbes, the son of Colonel \n John Forbes of \n Pittencrief, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,\n Scotland, and \n Elizabeth Graham, was probably born in\n 1707. He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHeadquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. 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The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... The Memorial of\n the Freemen...\"","Concerns imprisonment of deserters.","A manuscript map of \n Fort Ticonderoga and the surrounding\n country is enclosed.","Enclosed: Ms., \"Rattle Snakes Faisants...\"","In French.","Corrections and additions in Forbes' handwriting.","Summary of military strategy.","Another draft of previous item.","Summary of military strategy.","Order of march.","Another draft of previous enrtry","Probably an early draft of the following letter."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":541,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:19:07.628Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00124_c396"}},{"id":"viu_viu00124_c296","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Williamsburg, \n Francis Fauquier to St. Clair.\n Docketed: (1) \"Govr. 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He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church.","Forbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.","Forbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","About one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. Separate inventory\n available.","Enclosure: \"A Copy Establishment for Two Compys. of\n Carpenters...\" 4 p.","Originally enclosed with 1756 August 18 Loretto, \n Hu[gh] Forbes to \n John [Forbes?].","Originally enclosed 1756 August 16 \n William Forbes to \n Hugh Forbes.","Forbes' commission as colonel of the \n Seventeenth Regiment of Foot.","Originally laid in the letterbook of Sir \n John St. Clair.","Originally laid in the letterbook of Sir \n John St. Clair. The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... The Memorial of\n the Freemen...\"","Concerns imprisonment of deserters.","A manuscript map of \n Fort Ticonderoga and the surrounding\n country is enclosed.","Enclosed: Ms., \"Rattle Snakes Faisants...\"","In French.","Corrections and additions in Forbes' handwriting.","Summary of military strategy.","Another draft of previous item.","Summary of military strategy.","Order of march.","Another draft of previous enrtry","Probably an early draft of the following letter.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","English"],"unitid_tesim":["10034"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_title_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_ssim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["In the foreword to his \n Writings of General John Forbes (Menasha, Wisconsin: Collegiate Press,\n 1938) , \n Alfred Proctor James discussed the fate\n of the Forbes office copies relating to the \n Duquesne expedition. He speculated that\n the archive may have been turned over to \n James Glen, Forbes' cousin and\n executor, a former royal governor of \n South Carolina, but suggested that\n there are Forbes papers in the possession of relatives in \n Scotland.","More than a third of a century later, on October 15,\n 1974, \n Sotheby's in \n London offered for sale at auction, a\n group of some 530 manuscripts from the headquarters papers\n of General Forbes, virtually all of which related to the \n Duquesne expedition. Sotheby was able\n to say only that the owners descended from \n James Glen through his niece and heir, \n Elizabeth Glen, who married \n George Ramsay, the Eighth Earl of\n Dalhousie. These papers were purchased for the \n Tracy W. McGregor Library with funds\n provided by the \n Trustees of the McGregor Fund, who\n have made annual grants for the purchase of additions to\n the collection since 1939.","It will be immediately apparent that the present archive\n contains virtually no material after August 1758. This\n suggests that there is an additional group of papers that\n has been lost or is in the possession of some other\n descendant and may be discovered in the future."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBiographical sketch\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e John Forbes, the son of Colonel \n John Forbes of \n Pittencrief, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,\n Scotland, and \n Elizabeth Graham, was probably born in\n 1707. He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biographical sketch"," John Forbes, the son of Colonel \n John Forbes of \n Pittencrief, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,\n Scotland, and \n Elizabeth Graham, was probably born in\n 1707. He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHeadquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. 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The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... 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He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church.","Forbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.","Forbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","About one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. Separate inventory\n available.","Enclosure: \"A Copy Establishment for Two Compys. of\n Carpenters...\" 4 p.","Originally enclosed with 1756 August 18 Loretto, \n Hu[gh] Forbes to \n John [Forbes?].","Originally enclosed 1756 August 16 \n William Forbes to \n Hugh Forbes.","Forbes' commission as colonel of the \n Seventeenth Regiment of Foot.","Originally laid in the letterbook of Sir \n John St. Clair.","Originally laid in the letterbook of Sir \n John St. Clair. The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... The Memorial of\n the Freemen...\"","Concerns imprisonment of deserters.","A manuscript map of \n Fort Ticonderoga and the surrounding\n country is enclosed.","Enclosed: Ms., \"Rattle Snakes Faisants...\"","In French.","Corrections and additions in Forbes' handwriting.","Summary of military strategy.","Another draft of previous item.","Summary of military strategy.","Order of march.","Another draft of previous enrtry","Probably an early draft of the following letter.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","English"],"unitid_tesim":["10034"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_title_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_ssim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["In the foreword to his \n Writings of General John Forbes (Menasha, Wisconsin: Collegiate Press,\n 1938) , \n Alfred Proctor James discussed the fate\n of the Forbes office copies relating to the \n Duquesne expedition. He speculated that\n the archive may have been turned over to \n James Glen, Forbes' cousin and\n executor, a former royal governor of \n South Carolina, but suggested that\n there are Forbes papers in the possession of relatives in \n Scotland.","More than a third of a century later, on October 15,\n 1974, \n Sotheby's in \n London offered for sale at auction, a\n group of some 530 manuscripts from the headquarters papers\n of General Forbes, virtually all of which related to the \n Duquesne expedition. Sotheby was able\n to say only that the owners descended from \n James Glen through his niece and heir, \n Elizabeth Glen, who married \n George Ramsay, the Eighth Earl of\n Dalhousie. These papers were purchased for the \n Tracy W. McGregor Library with funds\n provided by the \n Trustees of the McGregor Fund, who\n have made annual grants for the purchase of additions to\n the collection since 1939.","It will be immediately apparent that the present archive\n contains virtually no material after August 1758. This\n suggests that there is an additional group of papers that\n has been lost or is in the possession of some other\n descendant and may be discovered in the future."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBiographical sketch\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e John Forbes, the son of Colonel \n John Forbes of \n Pittencrief, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,\n Scotland, and \n Elizabeth Graham, was probably born in\n 1707. He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biographical sketch"," John Forbes, the son of Colonel \n John Forbes of \n Pittencrief, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,\n Scotland, and \n Elizabeth Graham, was probably born in\n 1707. He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHeadquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. 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The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... 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He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church.","Forbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.","Forbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","About one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. 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The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... The Memorial of\n the Freemen...\"","Concerns imprisonment of deserters.","A manuscript map of \n Fort Ticonderoga and the surrounding\n country is enclosed.","Enclosed: Ms., \"Rattle Snakes Faisants...\"","In French.","Corrections and additions in Forbes' handwriting.","Summary of military strategy.","Another draft of previous item.","Summary of military strategy.","Order of march.","Another draft of previous enrtry","Probably an early draft of the following letter.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","English"],"unitid_tesim":["10034"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_title_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_ssim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["In the foreword to his \n Writings of General John Forbes (Menasha, Wisconsin: Collegiate Press,\n 1938) , \n Alfred Proctor James discussed the fate\n of the Forbes office copies relating to the \n Duquesne expedition. He speculated that\n the archive may have been turned over to \n James Glen, Forbes' cousin and\n executor, a former royal governor of \n South Carolina, but suggested that\n there are Forbes papers in the possession of relatives in \n Scotland.","More than a third of a century later, on October 15,\n 1974, \n Sotheby's in \n London offered for sale at auction, a\n group of some 530 manuscripts from the headquarters papers\n of General Forbes, virtually all of which related to the \n Duquesne expedition. Sotheby was able\n to say only that the owners descended from \n James Glen through his niece and heir, \n Elizabeth Glen, who married \n George Ramsay, the Eighth Earl of\n Dalhousie. These papers were purchased for the \n Tracy W. McGregor Library with funds\n provided by the \n Trustees of the McGregor Fund, who\n have made annual grants for the purchase of additions to\n the collection since 1939.","It will be immediately apparent that the present archive\n contains virtually no material after August 1758. This\n suggests that there is an additional group of papers that\n has been lost or is in the possession of some other\n descendant and may be discovered in the future."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBiographical sketch\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e John Forbes, the son of Colonel \n John Forbes of \n Pittencrief, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,\n Scotland, and \n Elizabeth Graham, was probably born in\n 1707. He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biographical sketch"," John Forbes, the son of Colonel \n John Forbes of \n Pittencrief, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,\n Scotland, and \n Elizabeth Graham, was probably born in\n 1707. He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHeadquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. 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The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... 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He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. 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The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... 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He speculated that\n the archive may have been turned over to \n James Glen, Forbes' cousin and\n executor, a former royal governor of \n South Carolina, but suggested that\n there are Forbes papers in the possession of relatives in \n Scotland.","More than a third of a century later, on October 15,\n 1974, \n Sotheby's in \n London offered for sale at auction, a\n group of some 530 manuscripts from the headquarters papers\n of General Forbes, virtually all of which related to the \n Duquesne expedition. Sotheby was able\n to say only that the owners descended from \n James Glen through his niece and heir, \n Elizabeth Glen, who married \n George Ramsay, the Eighth Earl of\n Dalhousie. These papers were purchased for the \n Tracy W. 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He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHeadquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. 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He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHeadquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. 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The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... The Memorial of\n the Freemen...\"","Concerns imprisonment of deserters.","A manuscript map of \n Fort Ticonderoga and the surrounding\n country is enclosed.","Enclosed: Ms., \"Rattle Snakes Faisants...\"","In French.","Corrections and additions in Forbes' handwriting.","Summary of military strategy.","Another draft of previous item.","Summary of military strategy.","Order of march.","Another draft of previous enrtry","Probably an early draft of the following letter."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":541,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:19:07.628Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00124_c146"}},{"id":"viu_viu00124_c123","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Williamsburg, \n John Blair to St. Clair. 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He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church.","Forbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.","Forbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","About one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. 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The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... The Memorial of\n the Freemen...\"","Concerns imprisonment of deserters.","A manuscript map of \n Fort Ticonderoga and the surrounding\n country is enclosed.","Enclosed: Ms., \"Rattle Snakes Faisants...\"","In French.","Corrections and additions in Forbes' handwriting.","Summary of military strategy.","Another draft of previous item.","Summary of military strategy.","Order of march.","Another draft of previous enrtry","Probably an early draft of the following letter.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","English"],"unitid_tesim":["10034"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_title_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_ssim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["In the foreword to his \n Writings of General John Forbes (Menasha, Wisconsin: Collegiate Press,\n 1938) , \n Alfred Proctor James discussed the fate\n of the Forbes office copies relating to the \n Duquesne expedition. He speculated that\n the archive may have been turned over to \n James Glen, Forbes' cousin and\n executor, a former royal governor of \n South Carolina, but suggested that\n there are Forbes papers in the possession of relatives in \n Scotland.","More than a third of a century later, on October 15,\n 1974, \n Sotheby's in \n London offered for sale at auction, a\n group of some 530 manuscripts from the headquarters papers\n of General Forbes, virtually all of which related to the \n Duquesne expedition. Sotheby was able\n to say only that the owners descended from \n James Glen through his niece and heir, \n Elizabeth Glen, who married \n George Ramsay, the Eighth Earl of\n Dalhousie. These papers were purchased for the \n Tracy W. McGregor Library with funds\n provided by the \n Trustees of the McGregor Fund, who\n have made annual grants for the purchase of additions to\n the collection since 1939.","It will be immediately apparent that the present archive\n contains virtually no material after August 1758. This\n suggests that there is an additional group of papers that\n has been lost or is in the possession of some other\n descendant and may be discovered in the future."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBiographical sketch\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e John Forbes, the son of Colonel \n John Forbes of \n Pittencrief, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,\n Scotland, and \n Elizabeth Graham, was probably born in\n 1707. 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He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHeadquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1729-1759, Accession #10034, Special Collections, University of\n Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. 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The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... The Memorial of\n the Freemen...\"","Concerns imprisonment of deserters.","A manuscript map of \n Fort Ticonderoga and the surrounding\n country is enclosed.","Enclosed: Ms., \"Rattle Snakes Faisants...\"","In French.","Corrections and additions in Forbes' handwriting.","Summary of military strategy.","Another draft of previous item.","Summary of military strategy.","Order of march.","Another draft of previous enrtry","Probably an early draft of the following letter."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":541,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:19:07.628Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00124_c123"}},{"id":"viu_viu00124_c224","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Williamsburg, \n John Blair to St. Clair. 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He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church.","Forbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.","Forbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","About one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. 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The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... The Memorial of\n the Freemen...\"","Concerns imprisonment of deserters.","A manuscript map of \n Fort Ticonderoga and the surrounding\n country is enclosed.","Enclosed: Ms., \"Rattle Snakes Faisants...\"","In French.","Corrections and additions in Forbes' handwriting.","Summary of military strategy.","Another draft of previous item.","Summary of military strategy.","Order of march.","Another draft of previous enrtry","Probably an early draft of the following letter.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","English"],"unitid_tesim":["10034"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_title_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_ssim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["In the foreword to his \n Writings of General John Forbes (Menasha, Wisconsin: Collegiate Press,\n 1938) , \n Alfred Proctor James discussed the fate\n of the Forbes office copies relating to the \n Duquesne expedition. He speculated that\n the archive may have been turned over to \n James Glen, Forbes' cousin and\n executor, a former royal governor of \n South Carolina, but suggested that\n there are Forbes papers in the possession of relatives in \n Scotland.","More than a third of a century later, on October 15,\n 1974, \n Sotheby's in \n London offered for sale at auction, a\n group of some 530 manuscripts from the headquarters papers\n of General Forbes, virtually all of which related to the \n Duquesne expedition. Sotheby was able\n to say only that the owners descended from \n James Glen through his niece and heir, \n Elizabeth Glen, who married \n George Ramsay, the Eighth Earl of\n Dalhousie. These papers were purchased for the \n Tracy W. McGregor Library with funds\n provided by the \n Trustees of the McGregor Fund, who\n have made annual grants for the purchase of additions to\n the collection since 1939.","It will be immediately apparent that the present archive\n contains virtually no material after August 1758. This\n suggests that there is an additional group of papers that\n has been lost or is in the possession of some other\n descendant and may be discovered in the future."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBiographical sketch\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e John Forbes, the son of Colonel \n John Forbes of \n Pittencrief, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,\n Scotland, and \n Elizabeth Graham, was probably born in\n 1707. 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The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... The Memorial of\n the Freemen...\"","Concerns imprisonment of deserters.","A manuscript map of \n Fort Ticonderoga and the surrounding\n country is enclosed.","Enclosed: Ms., \"Rattle Snakes Faisants...\"","In French.","Corrections and additions in Forbes' handwriting.","Summary of military strategy.","Another draft of previous item.","Summary of military strategy.","Order of march.","Another draft of previous enrtry","Probably an early draft of the following letter."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":541,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:19:07.628Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00124_c224"}},{"id":"viu_viu00124_c289","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Williamsburg, \n John Blair to St. Clair. 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He was trained in medicine, and on September 25, 1729,\n received his commission as surgeon in the \n Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons (Scots Greys). In July, 1735, he purchased\n a cornetcy in a troop of the Regiment. With faithful service\n in the \n Scots Greys during the War of Austrian\n Succession, he was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of\n lieutenant-colonel in December, 1750 (he had been given that\n rank in the Army in December, 1745). In Februaryruary, 1757, Forbes\n was given the colonelcy of the \n 17th Foot and shortly thereafter departed\n for \n North America, where he served the Earl\n of Loudoun as adjutant general.","Forbes was made a brigadier by \n William Pitt in December, 1757, with the\n responsibility of directing a campaign in 1758 the objective\n of which was the capture of \n Fort Duquesne and the clearing of the\n French from the \n Ohio River Valley. He proceeded to \n Philadelphia in April, 1758, to assume\n direct command of operations and planning for the expedition.\n After months of building a new road through the wilderness and\n rugged terrain of western \n Pennsylvania, of building forts along the\n way to hold territory and protect his army and its supply\n posts, \n Fort Duquesne was finally taken on\n November 25th, after the French had evacuated and blown it up.\n General Forbes was a very sick man during the campaign and he\n died in \n Philadelphia on March 11, 1759, and was\n buried there in the chancel of \n Christ Church.","Forbes' commission as surgeon to the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as cornet in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons ( \n Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as captain in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as deputy quartermaster general\n with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army.","Forbes' commission as major in the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","Forbes' commission as lieutenant-colonel of the \n Royal Regiment of North British\n Dragoons (Scots Greys).","About one-half of the volume is devoted to\n correspondence concerning the Expedition against \n Fort Duquesne under the command of\n Major General \n Edward Braddock. 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The letters are on\n the same leaf of paper.","Originally enclosed in Abercromby to Forbes, Albany,\n December. 4, 1757.","\"Companies-------Quartered 2 at ------- \n Jamaica 1 at ------- \n Flushing 1 at ------- \n New Town 1 at ------- \n Bedford \u0026 \n Bushwick 1 at ------- \n Bruckland Ferry 1 at ------- \n Flatt Bush \u0026 \n New Lotts 1 at ------- \n Gravesend \u0026 \n Flatt Lands 1 at ------- \n New Utrecht Gravesend Flatt Bush Grenadiers detached\"","Compys. 5 at Annapolis 3 at Redding 2 at Yorktown 10 Total\"","A second copy is included.","Originally enclosed in March 1, 1758, Johnstone to\n [Forbes].","Postscript is dated April 1.","Includes next four items on the same sheet.","Encloses two faked army discharge forms printed at \n Ephrata, about which the letter is\n concerned.","Enclosure: St. Clair account, 1756 May -1757 January. 1\n p.","Enclosure: \"A return of provisions expended from\n April 18th 1756 to December 1, 1757 at \n Alexandria...\" 1 p.","Enclosure: \"The Nearest Computation...\" 1 p.","Includes petition, 1758 July 12, \"To \n William Denny... The Memorial of\n the Freemen...\"","Concerns imprisonment of deserters.","A manuscript map of \n Fort Ticonderoga and the surrounding\n country is enclosed.","Enclosed: Ms., \"Rattle Snakes Faisants...\"","In French.","Corrections and additions in Forbes' handwriting.","Summary of military strategy.","Another draft of previous item.","Summary of military strategy.","Order of march.","Another draft of previous enrtry","Probably an early draft of the following letter.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","English"],"unitid_tesim":["10034"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_title_tesim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"collection_ssim":["Headquarters Papers of\n Brigadier-General John Forbes Relating to the Expedition\n against Fort Duquesne in 1758 1729-1759"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["In the foreword to his \n Writings of General John Forbes (Menasha, Wisconsin: Collegiate Press,\n 1938) , \n Alfred Proctor James discussed the fate\n of the Forbes office copies relating to the \n Duquesne expedition. He speculated that\n the archive may have been turned over to \n James Glen, Forbes' cousin and\n executor, a former royal governor of \n South Carolina, but suggested that\n there are Forbes papers in the possession of relatives in \n Scotland.","More than a third of a century later, on October 15,\n 1974, \n Sotheby's in \n London offered for sale at auction, a\n group of some 530 manuscripts from the headquarters papers\n of General Forbes, virtually all of which related to the \n Duquesne expedition. Sotheby was able\n to say only that the owners descended from \n James Glen through his niece and heir, \n Elizabeth Glen, who married \n George Ramsay, the Eighth Earl of\n Dalhousie. These papers were purchased for the \n Tracy W. McGregor Library with funds\n provided by the \n Trustees of the McGregor Fund, who\n have made annual grants for the purchase of additions to\n the collection since 1939.","It will be immediately apparent that the present archive\n contains virtually no material after August 1758. This\n suggests that there is an additional group of papers that\n has been lost or is in the possession of some other\n descendant and may be discovered in the future."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBiographical sketch\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e John Forbes, the son of Colonel \n John Forbes of \n Pittencrief, Dunfermline, Fifeshire,\n Scotland, and \n Elizabeth Graham, was probably born in\n 1707. 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