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Document Details


Title: Letter from John Murray Forbes to George Ripley, February 17, 1862
Document type: Letter
Accessibility: Paid Only
Repository: Alexander Street Press
Collection: The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
URL: http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/cwld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S1880-D056
Original Language: English
Time span: 1862
Speaker: Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 23-Feb-1813
Speaker place of birth: Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France; Aquitaine, France; France; Europe
Speaker race: White
Speaker occupation: Businessman
Age at speaking: 49
Document location: Boston, MA
Document date: 17-Feb-1862
People discussed: Edwin McMasters Stanton; Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883; Gideon Welles; Gustavus Vasa Fox; Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869; Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878; Wells, Gideon
Organizations discussed: U.S. Navy
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Edwin McMasters Stanton; Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883; Gideon Welles; Gustavus Vasa Fox; Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869; U.S. Navy; Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878; Wells, Gideon
Topics discussed - Other terms: Character judgment; Health; Intellectual life; Magazine articles; Political causes; Politics; Presidential cabinets
ASP release: 2006-01
Document code: S1880-D056-13016