Letter: 1817 Jan. 1, Whitehall [London] to David Laing / Geo. Chalmers. 1817.

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Letter: 1817 Jan. 1, Whitehall [London] to David Laing / Geo. Chalmers. 1817.

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Discusses the printing of a work on Lyndsay .

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University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library

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Lindsay, David, active 1490-1555

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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...