Guide to the Cochran Forbes Papers
Title
Cochran Forbes Papers
Inclusive Dates
1832
Call Number
RG 336
Creator(s)
Creator100
Forbes, Cochran, 1805-1880.
Quantity
0.01 cubic feet (1 folder)
Restrictions on Access
Open for research.
Repository
Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA
Biographical Note
Cochran Forbes was born in Goshen, PA. He studied at Princeton Theological Seminary and was ordained by the Philadelphia Presbytery in 1831. He was a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the Hawaiian Islands throughout the 1830s and 1840s. Forbes served twelve years in Kalakeakua and another two years as a seaman's chaplain in Lahaina. After his return to the United States in 1848, he served various congregations in Pennsylvania and Indiana. He died in Philadelphia in 1880.
This collection consists of a letter written from Hawaii to Robert Love in 1832.
Processing Information
Collection processed and finding aid prepared: December 1992
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist
Personal Name Subject
Forbes, Cochran, 1805-1880.
Topical Subject
Missionaries--Hawaii--19th century.
Geographic Subject
Hawaii--Missionaries.
Genre-form
Correspondence. aat
Personal Added Name
Love, Robert.
| Box | Folder | Description | |
| 1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 336 | |
| 1 | 1 | Letter to R. Love, 1832 |