- unitid
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{"value"=>"507", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b11822957", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 507", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1606-1817", "type"=>"inclusive"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1606
- date_inclusive_end
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1817
- keydate
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1606
- date_start
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1606
- date_end
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1817
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"George Chalmers collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4.08 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes, 27 volumes, 2 oversized folders", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"George Chalmers (1742-1825) was a British historian, civil servant, and author. Born in Scotland, he emigrated to Maryland in 1763. He was a lawyer in Baltimore until the American Revolutionary War broke out, when he left for England. Chalmers held the positions of chief clerk for the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations, and colonial agent for the Bahamas. He wrote on historical, political and economic topics, many concerning the American colonies, and collected a large library of books and manuscripts. The George Chalmers collection, dated 1606-1817, consists of materials relating to the North American British colonies of Canada, the Carolinas, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and West Florida, including letters, documents and maps. Also present are papers relating to the Indians in North America, and two variant manuscripts of Chalmers' history of the revolt of the American colonies."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>George Chalmers collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Chalmers, George, 1742-1825", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection was originally part of the library of George Chalmers. When Chalmers died in 1825, the library was inherited by his nephew, James Chalmers, and kept intact until his death in 1841. James Chalmers' sister then sold the original Chalmers library to Messrs. Evans, dealers in London. A large portion was purchased by London bookseller Thomas Thorpe, and Colonel Thomas Aspinwall purchased a number of volumes pertaining to the American colonies from him in 1843. Samuel L. M. Barlow later purchased the Aspinwall volumes, which were purchased by the Lenox Library in 1890 after Barlow's death. The remainder of the volumes were purchased from the estate of George Bancroft in 1893.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Various purchases, 1890 and 1893</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Casey Babcock</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span></p>"}
- altformavail
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{"value"=>"<p>Materials for Connecticut, Georgia, Indians, Nova Scotia, Carolina, and Virginia volume 1 are available on microfilm.</p>"}
- note
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{"type"=>"sponsor", "value"=>"Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation."}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky\n Foundation."}
- dsc_type
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combined
- extent_statement
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4.08 linear feet (2 boxes, 27 volumes, 2 oversized folders)