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Up for sale a RARE! "Antiquarian" George Chalmers Hand Written Letter.
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George Chalmers (1742 – 31 May 1825) was a Scottish
antiquarian
and political writer. Chalmers was born at Fochabers,
Moray;
his father, James Chalmers, was a grandson of George Chalmers of Pittensear in Lhanbryde.
After completing a course at King's College, Aberdeen, he studied law
at the University of Edinburgh for several years.Two
uncles on the father's side had settled in British North America, and Chalmers
visited Maryland
in 1763, apparently to assist in recovering a tract of land about which a
dispute had arisen. He began practising as a lawyer
at Baltimore. As a Loyalist, however, at the
outbreak of the American War of Independence, he abandoned
his professional prospects and returned to Great Britain. Several years then
passed before he found adequate employment.In August 1786, Chalmers was
appointed chief clerk to the committee of
Privy Council on matters relating to trade, following its
re-establishment. He retained this position for the rest of his life. It left
him time to write.Chalmers was a fellow of the Royal Society
and the Society of Antiquaries of London,
an honorary member of the Antiquarian Society of Scotland, and a member of
other learned societies. His library was left to his nephew, at whose death in
1841 it was sold and dispersed.