Correspondence, journals, accounts, reports, petitions, notes, financial records, and other papers collected by Chalmers concerning British colonial administration, especially in the Americas, and British activity in the American Revolution. Pertains to Africa, the Bahamas, Barbados, Caledonia (Darien, Panama and Columbia), Falkland Islands, Grenada, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Minorca, New South Wales, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Québec, Saint Vincent, West Florida, and the West Indies. Includes papers relating to British and Scottish trade, trade with Havana (Cuba), British naval affairs in Brazil, and the Anglican Church in America; papers (1782) concerning the British garrison in Charleston, S.C.; appeal (1746) of the Mohegan Indians against the colony of Connecticut; account (1773) of the Mississippi River; and New Hampshire census materials (1773-1774). Correspondence, journals, accounts, reports, petitions, notes, financial records, and other papers collected by Chalmers concerning British colonial administration, especially in the Americas, and British activity in the American Revolution. Pertains to Africa, the Bahamas, Barbados, Caledonia (Darien, Panama and Columbia), Falkland Islands, Grenada, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Minorca, New South Wales, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Québec, Saint Vincent, São Miguel (Azores), West Florida, and the West Indies. Includes papers relating to British and Scottish trade, trade with Havana (Cuba), British naval affairs in Brazil, and the Anglican Church in America; papers (1782) concerning the British garrison in Charleston, S.C.; appeal (1746) of the Mohegan Indians against the colony of Connecticut; account (1773) of the Mississippi River; and New Hampshire census materials (1773-1774). Individuals represented include Baron William Eden Auckland, John Russell (Duke of Bedford), Sir Francis Bernard, Peter Chester, Thomas Gage, Nathanael Greene, Whitehead Hicks, John Mathews, Robert Monckton, Charles Pinfold, William Pitt, William Tryon, Benning Wentworth, and Sir William Young.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1977.
Historian and antiquarian.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
Forms part of: Peter Force papers and collection (Series 8A : entries 1-63).
Great Britain. Army --Colonial forces--South Carolina. Great Britain. Royal Navy --Foreign service--Brazil. Episcopal Church.
Indians of North America--Connecticut. Mohegan Indians.
Africa--History--To 1884. Azores--History. Bahamas--History. Barbados--History. Canada--History--To 1763 (New France) Canada--History--1763-1791. Charleston (S.C.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Colombia--History. Darien (Panama and Colombia)--History. Falkland Islands--History. Great Britain--Colonies--Administration. Great Britain--Colonies--America. Great Britain--Commerce--History--18th century. Great Britain--Commerce--Cuba. Great Britain--History, Naval. Grenada--History. Havana (Cuba)--Commerce--Great Britain. Honduras--History--To 1838. India--History--18th century. Jamaica--History--To 1962. Minorca (Spain)--History. New South Wales--History. Newfoundland--History. Nova Scotia--History. Panama--History--To 1903. Québec (Province)--History. Saint Vincent--History. São Miguel Island (Azores)--History. Scotland--Commerce--History--18th century. South Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. United States--History--British forces.--Revolution, 1775-1783 West Florida--History. West Indies--History.