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Papers related to Margaret Perkins Forbes.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families.
- Finance.
- Investments.
- Railroads.
- Trusts and trustees.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1834-1849.
- Summary:
- Includes details of shares, bonds and investments, and a transcript of a letter written by Margaret to her husband on the occasion of his capture while on-board the Coquette.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: Ms. N-49, box 18
- Collection: Forbes Family Papers
- Margaret Perkins (1773-1856) married Ralph Bennet Forbes in 1799, and had three sons (Thomas Tunno, Robert Bennet, and John Murray) and four daughters (Emma Perkins, Margaret Perkins, Mary Abbot, and Cornelia Frances). Her husband died in 1824, and her eldest son Thomas Tunno was drowned five years later in a typhoon while working in Canton in the family business. Funds from both men's estates were used to build a home for Margaret and her daughters in Milton, Boston.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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