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Chalmers, Thomas, (1780-1847), Church of Scotland minister and social reformer

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Surname: Chalmers
Forenames: Thomas
Gender: Male
Date: 1780-1847
Biography: ODNB link for Chalmers, Thomas (1780-1847), Church of Scotland minister and social reformer
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P138997 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P5288 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Thomas Chalmers
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
Edinburgh University: New College Library
NRA 27818 Chalmers

See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
2
1810-25: corresp (439 items)
St Andrews University Library
msdep93
See Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
3
private corresp
St Andrews University Library
msdep92
See Annual Return 1997
4
c1850: lecture notes
London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
MS ADD 162
5
lectures on the Epistle to the Romans (25 items)
Glasgow City Archives
TD584
See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
6
1835-42: letters (10) to Lord Aberdeen
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 43237, 43240
7
1822-32: letters to Thomas Babington
Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
box 20
NRA 32441
8
1798-1836: letters (27) to James Brown, etc
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
Coll/828
9
1820-47: letters (43) to William Buchanan
Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department
MS Gen 1036
See RP Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
10
1817-22: letters to Lord Elgin, mainly rel to pauperism
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS3955/78/2
NRA 26223 Bruce
11
1817-43: corresp with Sir John Gladstone
Gladstone's Library
Glynne-Gladstone MSS 98
NRA 14174 Gladstone
12
1834-42: corresp with WE Gladstone
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 44354-527 passim
13
1830-33: records of conversations with Joseph John Gurney
Edinburgh Central Library
NRA(S)3563
NRA 38890 Edinburgh CL
14
1834-44: letters to James Hog
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS1141
NRA 10167 Hog
15
1822-43: letters (24) to John Lee
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 3435-51 passim
16
1802-41: letters to Lord Moncreiff and Sir HM Wellwood
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS333
NRA 10980
17
c1838: corresp with Fox Maule
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD45
NRA 17164

See NRA(S)0805
18
1823-32: letters to Charles Peebles
Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department
MS Gen 247
See information from website
19
1822-43: corresp with Sir Robert Peel (11 items)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 40351-598 passim
20
1835-41: letters (22) to AL Simpson
Edinburgh University: New College Library
MSS BOX 1.4
NRA 39227 New College
21
1823-46: letters (c20) to Sir George Sinclair
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS189
NRA 10552
22
letters to Wood family etc
Edinburgh City Archives
NRA(S)2952/44
NRA 30966 Wood
23
1817-39: misc corresp and papers (25 items)
Special Collections, The Mitchell Library
NRAS2369
NRA 25434 Chalmers
24
1814-45: misc letters
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 9657-9848, 10256-90
25
misc letters
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.10997
26
1819-42: misc corresp
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
AAF
27
c1817-46: letters (10)
Huntington Library
See Guide to Literary MSS, 1979