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Chalmers, George, (1742-1825), antiquary and public servant

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Surname: Chalmers
Forenames: George
Gender: Male
Date: 1742-1825
Biography: ODNB link for Chalmers, George (1742-1825), antiquary and public servant
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P139078 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P5282 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for George Chalmers
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers (75 vols)
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Adv MSS
See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
2
1641-1824: corresp and papers (64 vols)
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division
See MS sources for American Revolution, p41
3
papers rel to American colonies (27 vols)
New York Public Library: Manuscripts and Archives Division
George Chalmers papers
4
1787-1824: corresp
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 22900-03
5
1626-1739: collections rel to Ireland
London University: Senate House Library
MS 13 30
6
1790-1820: papers rel to Shakespeare
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Eng poet d 13
7
c1803: chronology of Scottish Kings
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
fd 39
NRA 18661 Osborn coll
8
c1789-1803: letters and notes for Caledonia
Angus Archives
NRAS 2185
NRA 19958 Forfar L coll
9
notes on Scottish parliaments and British topography
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 2097, 2713
10
statistics rel to Church of Scotland stipends and MSS collection rel to monastic history of Scotland
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 15744-47
11
1786-1825: corresp, notes and papers
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
La
12
letters received (1 vol) rel to Caledonia
Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department
MS Gen 1521
See information from website
13
1792-1810: corresp and papers (40 vols)
Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)
DDEV/72
NRA 11211 Constable-Maxwell
14
c1800: transcripts of Thomas Innes's notes for a history of Scotland apparently made for Chalmers
Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre
MS 3703
See Annual Return 2002
15
misc papers
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library
NRA 13466 V & A Museum
16
collections made for him by James Chalmers
Edinburgh Central Library
NRA(S)3563
NRA 38890 Edinburgh CL
17
1792-1818: letters (11) to Sir Joseph Banks
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 22900-02
See WR Dawson, The Banks letters, 1958
18
1795-1825: corresp with Archibald Constable
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 669-70, 790-91
19
1805-15: letters incl poems from John Dunlop and Ebenezer Picken
Special Collections, The Mitchell Library
Baillies 37529
NRA 35994 Mitchell
20
1799-1815: letters to Edward Ellice
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.15176
NRA 883
21
1784-1816: letters to him rel the Gordon and Gregory families
Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre
MS 2081
22
1813-25: letters to David Laing
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
La iv 6
23
1786-1807: corresp with Lord Liverpool
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 38218-473 passim
24
letters to Lord Liverpool
British Library, Manuscript Collections
loan 72
NRA 21672
25
1790-1800: corresp with George Paton
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Adv.MS.29.5.5-8
NRA 23720 Paton
26
letters to Sir John Sinclair
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS189
NRA 10552
27
1777-98: letters to Charles Steuart
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.5030-5041
28
letters from John Whitaker
Chetham's Library
MUN. A.6.93
See Handlist of MSS