George Chalmers papers

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{"value"=>"1773-1812", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1773/1812"}

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{"value"=>"George Chalmers papers"}

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"George Chalmers (1742-1825) was a Scottish antiquarian and political writer. The papers include a notebook kept by Chalmers in the 1770s with notes on the American Colonies; several letters from Chalmers to various parties; a fragmentary manuscript draft of \"Reflections on the Sinking Fund,\" and a treatise titled <span class=\"title\">A Remedy Proposed for the Evil of Emigration,</span> with related research notes and drafts."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>George Chalmers papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Chalmers, George, 1742-1825", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>George Chalmers (1742-1825) was a Scottish antiquarian and political writer. He resided briefly in America, but his Royalist sentiments prompted his return to Scotland, where he was appointed chief clerk to the committee of the Privy Council. His works include histories of the American Colonies and of Scotland, an examination of the contested authorship of Shakespeare's plays, a commissioned biographies of Thomas Paine and Daniel Defoe, and various political works.</p>"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Some material originally from the Ford collection.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The papers include a notebook kept by Chalmers in the 1770s with notes on the American Colonies; several letters from Chalmers to various parties; a fragmentary manuscript draft of \"Reflections on the Sinking Fund,\" and a treatise titled <span class=\"title\">A Remedy Proposed for the Evil of Emigration,</span> with related research notes and drafts.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Various gifts and purchases.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}

date_start

1773

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1773

date_end

1812

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1773

date_inclusive_end

1812

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.2 linear feet (1 oversized folder, 1 folder)

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