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George Chalmers collection
- Title
- George Chalmers collection, 1606-1817.
- Author
- Chalmers, George, 1742-1825.
- Supplementary Content
- Collection guide and digital images
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 25 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 25 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 24 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 24 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 23 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 23 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 22 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 22 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 21 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 21 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 20 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 20 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 18 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 18 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 17 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 17 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 16 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 16 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 15 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 15 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 14 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 14 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 13 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 13 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 12 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 12 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 11 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 11 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 10 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 10 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 9 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 9 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 8 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 8 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 7 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 7 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 6 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 6 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Not available - Please for assistance. | volume 5 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 507 volume 5 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- 4.01 linear feet (2 boxes, 27 volumes, 2 oversized folders), 6 microfilm reels
- Summary
- George Chalmers (1742-1825) was a British historian, civil servant, and author. Born in Scotland, he emigrated to Maryland in 1763. He was a lawyer in Baltimore until the American Revolutionary War broke out, when he left for England. Chalmers held the positions of chief clerk for the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations, and colonial agent for the Bahamas. He wrote on historical, political and economic topics, many concerning the American colonies, and collected a large library of books and manuscripts. The George Chalmers collection, dated 1606-1817, consists of materials relating to the North American British colonies of Canada, the Carolinas, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and West Florida, including letters, documents and maps. Also present are papers relating to the Indians in North America, and two variant manuscripts of Chalmers' history of the revolt of the American colonies.
- Subjects
- Georgia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- North Carolina > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Indians of North America > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Historians
- South Carolina > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Nova Scotia > History > To 1763
- Rhode Island > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Maps (documents)
- Canada > History > To 1763 (New France)
- Maryland > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Florida > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Canada > History > 1763-1867
- Chalmers, George, 1742-1825
- Great Britain > Colonies > America
- New York (State) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Colonies > America
- Connecticut > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Nova Scotia > History > 1763-1867
- Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Genre/Form
- Maps (documents)
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Surrogates must be used in lieu of originals.
- Additional Formats (note)
- available on microfilm;
- available as digital images.
- Funding (note)
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Source (note)
- Various purchases, 1890 and 1893.
- Provenance (note)
- This collection was originally part of the library of George Chalmers. When Chalmers died in 1825, the library was inherited by his nephew, James Chalmers, and kept intact until his death in 1841. James Chalmers' sister then sold the original Chalmers library to Messrs. Evans, dealers in London. A large portion was purchased by London bookseller Thomas Thorpe, and Colonel Thomas Aspinwall purchased a number of volumes pertaining to the American colonies from him in 1843. Samuel L. M. Barlow later purchased the Aspinwall volumes, which were purchased by the Lenox Library in 1890 after Barlow's death. The remainder of the volumes were purchased from the estate of George Bancroft in 1893.
- Call Number
- MssCol 507
- OCLC
- 122576143
- Author
- Chalmers, George, 1742-1825.
- Title
- George Chalmers collection, 1606-1817.
- Additional Formats
- Materials for Connecticut; Georgia; Indians; Nova Scotia; Carolinas; and Virginia volume 1 available on microfilm; New York Public Library.Some materials available as digital images.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.Surrogates must be used in lieu of originals.
- Funding
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Provenance
- This collection was originally part of the library of George Chalmers. When Chalmers died in 1825, the library was inherited by his nephew, James Chalmers, and kept intact until his death in 1841. James Chalmers' sister then sold the original Chalmers library to Messrs. Evans, dealers in London. A large portion was purchased by London bookseller Thomas Thorpe, and Colonel Thomas Aspinwall purchased a number of volumes pertaining to the American colonies from him in 1843. Samuel L. M. Barlow later purchased the Aspinwall volumes, which were purchased by the Lenox Library in 1890 after Barlow's death. The remainder of the volumes were purchased from the estate of George Bancroft in 1893.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Historians.
- LCCN
- ms 69000811
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 507