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James Forbes; India Autograph Letter Signed "Jam Forbes" to Claudius Rich traveller and antiquarian Babylon etc.

rif. 20045 — Paris 20 March 1817. Four pages 12mo very good condition. His correspondent's letter eventually reached him in Paris where he'd resided since the last August "in coinsequence of my son-in-law the Baron de Montalembert being appointed by the French Government Minister at the Court of Wurtemberg . but political reasons and the difficulty of procuring a suitable house in that small capital have hitherto prevented our joining him." His daughter has to go through a "Municipal marriage" under the Napoleonic Code to establish her children's legitimacy. They plan to return to Stuttgart for a time then return down the Rhine with his grandson to Brussels and then to England. "I shall then make you one of my earliest calls at the British Museum when I trust I shall find you well - illness and the sad state of my daughter's health . prevented my visiting any of my friends except the day that I did underlined twice call on Mr Planta yourself & Mr Combe . In the meantime have the goodness to add my name to the list of your subscribers for 2 copies of your interesting work of sic the ruins of Babylon - I fear I have no way of sending the amount from here - I assure you I am always happy to have the pleasure of seeing or hearing from you - & particularly wished it during the publication of the Oriental Memoirs - but you were tehn generally out of town & I believe not in good health ." Note: Claudius Rich Author of: 'Memoir on the Ruins of Babylon' 'Mines de l'Orient' reprinted London 1815; 'Second memoir on the ruins' London 1818 Paris, 20 March 1817 unknown