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)	University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, University Collections and Museums Directorate	msdep93	See Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
3	private corresp	University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, University Collections and Museums Directorate	msdep92	See Annual Return 1997
4	c1850: lecture notes	UCL: 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, Heritage 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, Heritage Collections	AAF
27	c1817-46: letters (10)	Huntington Library		See Guide to Literary MSS, 1979
28	1832-1842: 15 signed autograph letters from Thomas Chalmers, all but one are addressed to Miss Rebecca Bell of Woodhouse Lee, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire (the remaining letter to George Bell of Leith), discussing the state of the Church of Scotland during the campaign that culminated in the Disruption and the establishment of the Free Church of Scotland in 1843	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Coll-2083 (accession number: SC-Acc-2023-0031)	See Annual Return 2023