Political annals of the present United Colonies from their settlement to the peace of 1763 : compiled chiefly from records and authorized by the insertion of state papers. Book II : manuscript, [1780] / by G-- C--.

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Political annals of the present United Colonies from their settlement to the peace of 1763 : compiled chiefly from records and authorized by the insertion of state papers. Book II : manuscript, [1780] / by G-- C--.

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Chalmer's original manuscript of the first three chapters of Book II of his Political Annals of the Present United Colonies. Book I had been published in London in 1780. These chapters cover the period from 1688 up to nearly the close of the 17th century. Includes a sheet of loose notes in the handwriting of George Bancroft.

1 v. (257 p.)

New-York Historical Society

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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...