Letter from G. Forster to Chancellier des Legations Muller, 12 August 1788

MLMSS 7907

fonds

12 August 1788

872763

0.01 metres of textual material

Georg Forster, (1754-1794), German writer, traveller and revolutionary, was born on 26 November 1754 at Nassenhüben, near Danzig. In 1765 he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold Forster, on a voyage of scientific exploration to Russia. Then the family settled in England, living in Warrington and London. At 12 Georg Forster was already translating French, Swedish and Russian books into English and German, and for a time he taught languages. In 1772-75 he was his father's assistant on Captain James Cook's second voyage. Because of J. R. Forster's quarrel with the Admiralty, A Voyage Round the World in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop Resolution … (1777) had to be written by Georg Foster.

Reference:
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/ (accessed August 31, 2009)

The holograph letter written in French from George Forster to Muller (possibly swiss historian Johannes von Muller), concerns the financial support and transport of Georg Forster's books, furniture and personal belongings to Mayence (Mainz).

Transferred from the Manuscripts Collection Af 34/1, Sept. 2009