Alexander Chalmers manuscript material

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unitid

{"value"=>"Pforz MS", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"19515", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Alexander Chalmers manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1833", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1833"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 item"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1833

date_inclusive_end

1833

origination

{"value"=>"Chalmers, Alexander, 1759-1834", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Alexander Chalmers, Scottish biographer and literary editor. In addition to serving as editor of the Morning Herald and producing various editions of the works of great authors, he published A General Biographical Dictionary in 32 volumes (1812-1817), to which he contributed over 4000 biographical entries.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>To unidentified recipient : 1 autograph letter : 11 Sep 1833 : (MISC 1561) : begins: \"I have delayed...\" [Note: it is not entirely certain that the author of this letter is Chalmers -- his hand was suggested by the auction house through which the letter was purchased.].</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

keydate

1833

prefercite

{"value"=>"Alexander Chalmers manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Alexander Chalmers, Scottish biographer and literary editor. In addition to serving as editor of the Morning Herald and producing various editions of the works of great authors, he published A General Biographical Dictionary in 32 volumes (1812-1817), to which he contributed over 4000 biographical entries. To unidentified recipient : 1 autograph letter : 11 Sep 1833 : (MISC 1561) : begins: \"I have delayed...\" [Note: it is not entirely certain that the author of this letter is Chalmers -- his hand was suggested by the auction house through which the letter was purchased.].", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1 item

date_start

1833

date_end

1833

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