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, Heritage 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, Heritage 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