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George Chalmers manuscript material : 1 item
- Title
- George Chalmers manuscript material : 1 item, 1806
- Author
- Chalmers, George, 1742-1825.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz MS | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Description
- 1 item
- Summary
- · To Dr. James Lind, Scottish physician and friend of Shelley : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Apr 1806 : (S'ANA 0408) : begins, "I went this morning to Sir Joseph Banks's, to look into the transactions of the Royal Society for the longitude and latitude of Edinburgh ..."
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- George Chalmers, Scottish antiquarian and political writer. His writings against the American colonies earned him a government position in a council relating to trade and foreign plantations. Among his numerous writings are: a biography of Scottish printer and antiquarian Thomas Ruddiman (1794) ; Caledonia (1807-1824), an encyclopedia of Scottish history and antiquities ; and a biography of Mary, Queen of Scots (1818).
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 85895880
- Author
- Chalmers, George, 1742-1825.
- Title
- George Chalmers manuscript material : 1 item, 1806
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- George Chalmers, Scottish antiquarian and political writer. His writings against the American colonies earned him a government position in a council relating to trade and foreign plantations. Among his numerous writings are: a biography of Scottish printer and antiquarian Thomas Ruddiman (1794) ; Caledonia (1807-1824), an encyclopedia of Scottish history and antiquities ; and a biography of Mary, Queen of Scots (1818).
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- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS