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NH 49590 Merchant Captain Robert Bennet Forbes

Merchant Captain Robert Bennet Forbes
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Title: Merchant Captain Robert Bennet Forbes
Caption: By a resolution of Congress in 1847, Captain Forbes was Commanding Officer of the sloop USS JAMESTOWN which with the USS MACEDONIAN (also in command of a civilian) brought relief to a starving Ireland. A print by J. H. Daniels from a painting by J. A. J. Wilcox of Boston. A photograph is taken from "Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Second series Volume VI, 1890-91.
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Catalog #: NH 49590
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Artist: J. H. Daniels
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Original Medium: BW Photo
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