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FORBES, John, librarian, born in Scotland in 1771; died in New York, 4 October 1824. He was graduated at Columbia in 1794, and from that year till his death was librarian of the New York society library, being prominent during that time among literary men in New York City.
His son, Philip Jones Forbes, born in New York City, 1"3 January 1807; died in Brooklyn, L. I., in June 1877, entered the U. S. military academy in 1823, but was not graduated. From 1828 till 1855 he was librarian of the New York society Library. Philip Jones's son, John Forbes, born in New York City, 24 April 1846, is now (1887) assistant librarian in the same institution.
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