FORBES PAPERS. Vols. VI, VII (ff. 309, 407). Lists of state letters and papers in public and private libraries, relating to the times of Queen Elizabeth, many of which are in Forbes's hand.
FORBES PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. 407). includes: ff. 164, 170, 172 (copy), 193 John Thurloe, Secretary of State: Letters to, from the English Commissioners to carry out the treaty with Sweden: 1659.
FORBES PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 145). Similar lists of state letters, etc. At the beginning are many receipts in Forbes's hand for papers lent to him by the State Paper Office.
FORBES PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff.149). Papers relating to the publication of the Full View, etc. consisting of draft proposals, introductory letters, title-pages, subscribers' lists, etc. Included (f.19) is a short account of the plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth in 1586 in which L'Aubespine, the Fr...
FORBES PAPERS. Vols. XI-XIV. Transcripts, made by Forbes, of State Papers in the Paper Office, and in the Cotton MSS., British Museum, temp. Elizabeth. The volumes were used by the editors of the Calendars of State Papers, Foreign Series.