George Chalmers manuscript material : 1 item 1806

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George Chalmers manuscript material : 1 item 1806

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George Chalmers, Scottish antiquarian and political writer. His writings against the American colonies earned him a government position in a council relating to trade and foreign plantations. Among his numerous writings are: a biography of Scottish printer and antiquarian Thomas Ruddiman (1794) ; Caledonia (1807-1824), an encyclopedia of Scottish history and antiquities ; and a biography of Mary, Queen of Scots (1818). To Dr. James Lind, Scottish physician and friend of Shelley : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Apr 1806 : (S'ANA 0408) : begins, "I went this morning to Sir Joseph Banks's, to look into the transactions of the Royal Society for the longitude and latitude of Edinburgh ...".

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The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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Chalmers, George, 1742-1825

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George Chalmers (1742-1825) was a British historian, civil servant, antiquarian, and author. He was born at Fochabers, Moray, Scotland, educated at the parish school at Fochabers and at King's College Aberdeen. He went on to study law in Edinburgh and moved to Maryland in 1763 to practice law in Baltimore. As a devout loyalist, he returned to London in September of 1775 when revolutionary discontent grew in the American colonies. He was appointed chief clerk of the committee of the Privy Council...

Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820

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