John Murray Forbes

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American railroad magnate, merchant, philanthropist and abolitionist (1813-1898)

United States FoundersLived 1813 to 1898 · aged 85

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John Murray Forbes was an American railroad magnate, merchant, opium merchant, philanthropist and abolitionist. He was president of both the Michigan Central railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in the 1850s. He kept doing business with Russell & Company.

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Pamphlet containing the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, published by Forbes in December 1862 and distributed to Union soldiers.

Forbes at 68

Forbes' Back Bay residence, designed by Peabody & Stearns

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