Political annals [manuscript draft], ca. 1780-1848.

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Political annals [manuscript draft], ca. 1780-1848.

ca. 1780-1848

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A rough-draft manuscript of Vol. II of George Chalmers' Political Annals of the Present United Colonies, a political history of the United States published in 1780. There is also a later copy of the manuscript given by historian Jared Sparks in 1848, and presumably transcribed by him as well.

2 v.

eng, Latn

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Sparks, Jared (1)

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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...