Letter: 1821 July 27, Whitehall [London] to David Laing / Geo. Chalmers. 1821.

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Letter: 1821 July 27, Whitehall [London] to David Laing / Geo. Chalmers. 1821.

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Says that he has spoken to Henry Hobhouse over the issue of David Laing and his father becoming the King's bookseller in Edinburgh .

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University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library

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University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library

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Hobhouse, Henry, 1776-1854,

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Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844

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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : [London] Southsea, to various recipients, 1803 Sept. 25-1839 Sept. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270860351 ...

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...