Letter: 1818 Feb. 5, Whitehall [London] to David Laing / Geo. Chalmers. 1818.

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Letter: 1818 Feb. 5, Whitehall [London] to David Laing / Geo. Chalmers. 1818.

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Thanks Laing for the Edinburgh reviews he has sent him and sends in return an edition of Drummond's poems.

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University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library

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Drummond, William, 1585-1649

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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...