Autograph letter signed from Bryan Edwards, Southampton, to John Stockdale [manuscript], 1793 December 5.

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Autograph letter signed from Bryan Edwards, Southampton, to John Stockdale [manuscript], 1793 December 5.

Discusses his History [of the British Colonies in the West Indies] and mentions a difference of opinion between himself and Mr. [George] Chalmers, a "benefactor" of Stockdale's.

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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...

Edwards, Bryan, 1743-1800

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Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814

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