Maryland papers, 1619-1812 [microform].

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Maryland papers, 1619-1812 [microform].

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Includes manuscript notes and essays by Chalmers, as well as reports, letters, and documents by others concerning Maryland before, during, and after the Revolutionary War; some are related to the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary dispute; may have been used to write Political annals for the present united colonies, 1780 or Introduction to the history of the revolt of the colonies, 1782.

Maryland Historical Society Library

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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...