- Creator
- McKessen, Mary H
- Call number
- MssCol NYGB 18170
- Physical description
- .84 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
- Forbes family genealogical research papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Laura Sweetster (Forbes) Mayo (1856 - 1941) pursued genealogical research into the Forbes family at the behest of her mother, Laura (Sweetster) Forbes (1825 - 1905). Laura, along with her brother John Elias Forbes (1859 - 1929) compiled the majority of the research, although all six of of the Forbes children were involved to some extent. Her research took her to Aberdeen, Scotland in 1849 in search of her ancestor, Captain James Forbes, and of information about the Culloden family line Family papers contain photographs and personal correspondence of the Forbes family, including five lithograph letters relating to the commodities trade in Liverpool, England, in the late 1820s. Genealogical research contains extensive correspondence between Laura Sweetster Forbes Mayo and John Goodwin, whose wife was a member of the Forbes family; correspondence between Laura and her brother Jonathan; research notes; data sheets containing vital statistics of family members; and one pamphlet relating to the Thomas Sill and Clarissa Treadway family
Administrative information
Custodial history
Presented to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society by Mary H. McKesson, 1952.
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328