found: Coker, W.S. Indian traders of the southeastern ... 1985:CIP t.p. (John Forbes & Company)
found: NUCMC data from Univ. of West. Fla. for Beggs and Lane collection, 1906-1930(Forbes Company; John Forbes and Company popularly and in some court records known as Forbes Company)
found: Selected court records and case files concerning the Apalachicola Land Company, Forbes and Company, Colin Mitchell vs. the United States, and related court cases involving Panton, Leslie, and Company, 1822-1859
found: NUCMC data from University of West Florida, Spec. Coll. Dept. for Panton, Leslie & Company collection, 1739-1987(Panton, Leslie & Company; British firm; successors, John Leslie and Company and John Forbes and Company)
found: Historical sketches of Panton, Leslie and Company, 1976:p. 5 (if there was a logical succession of company leadership it appears to have been this way: Panton, Leslie and Company (1783-1801), John Leslie and Company (1801-1804), and John Forbes and Company thereafter)
found: MWA/NAIP files, Feb. 15, 2012(hdg.: John Forbes & Company; note: est. 1804 by John Forbes (1769-1823) to engage in trade with Native Americans along the Gulf Coast)