Major works of George Chalmers
- [Anon] An Answer from the Electors of Bristol to the Letter of Edmund
Burke, Esq. on the affairs of America, 1777 [bk,
av]
- Political Annals of the present United Colonies from their Settlement
to the Peace of 1763; compiled chiefly from records, and authorised often by
the insertion of state-papers: Book I, 1780 [bk,
av] (no
book II)
-
An Introduction to the History of the Revolt
of the Colonies: giving from the state papers, a comprehensive view of their
conduct, from the successive settlement of each, to their declaration of
independence,
1782 [v.1
only; no v.2], [1845 edition,
v.1,
v.2; av1,
av2]
- [Anon, with Sir Joseph Banks] The Propriety of allowing a qualified
Export of Wool discussed historically, 1782 [bk]
(frequently attributed only to Sir Joseph Banks, but primarily written by
Chalmers, with Banks supplying the appendix)
- An Estimate of the Comparative Strength of
Great Britain, and of the Losses of her trade from every war since the
revolution, to which is added an Essay on Population, by the Lord Chief
Justice Hale, 1782
- Original 1782 edition [bk]
- 1786 edition [av]
- 1794 edition [bk, av]
- 1802 edition [av]
(includes life of Gregory King (p.385,
av) and King's Political Observations
upon the state of England, 1696, (p.405 [av]))
- 1804 edition [bk]
.
- 1810 edition [bk, av]
[chronological table
p.234]
- 1812 edition [bk,
av] re-titled
An Historical View of the Domestic Economy of G.
Britain, and Ireland, from the earliest to the present times: with a
comparative estimate of their manufactures, and trade, in every age
- Opinions on interesting subjects of Public Laws and Commercial
Policy, arising from American Independence, 1784 [av],
[1785 new edition,
av]
- [Anon?] An Answer to the Reply to the supposed Treasury
Pamphlet entitled 'the proposed system of trade with Ireland explained',
1785 [attrib. to Chalmers by Cockroft; to Sir Richard Musgrave by others]
- [Anon] Arrangements with Ireland Considered, 1785 [Appendix to W.
Burgh's Defence of Opposition with respect to their conduct on Irish
Affairs, 1785,
p.21] [3rd
ed]
- [Anon] A Short View of the Proposals lately made for the Final
Adjustment of the Commercial System between Great-Britain and Ireland,
1785 [bk]
- Life of Daniel De Foe,. 1785 [bk]
[1786 repr. in De Foe's History of the Union,
p.1],
[1841
ed]
- [Anon, Editor] Historical Tracts by Sir John Davies, attorney general
and speaker of the House of Commons for Ireland, to which is prefixed a life of
the author, 1786 [bk]
[1787
ed, av]
- [Anon, Editor?] Debates in Parliament by Samuel Johnson LL.D.,
1787 ed,
v.1,
v.2
- A Collection of Treaties between Great Britain
and other powers, 1790,
v.1,
v.2 [av1,
av2]
- [Pseudonym] The Life of Thomas Pain, the author
of Rights of Man, with a defense of his writings, by Francis Oldys A.M. of
the University of Pennsylvania, 1791 [bk,
av],
[1791 2nd
ed, 1791
ed, 1792 5th
ed; 1793 6th
ed. new subtitle "the author of the seditious writings", 1793 7th
ed]
- Life of Thomas Ruddiman, A.M, the keeper, for almost fifty years,
of the library belonging to the Faculty of Advocates of Edinburgh, to which are subjoined new anecdotes of
Buchanan, 1794 [bk,
av]
- [Anon] Vindication of the Privilege of the People in respect to the
Constitutional Right of Free Discussion; with a retrospect of various
proceedings relative to the violations of that right, 1796
- [Anon] An Apology for the Believers in the Shakespeare Papers which were exhibited in
Norfolk Street, 1797 [bk,
av]
- A Supplemental Apology for the Believers in the Shakespeare Papers, being a
reply to Mr. Malone's answer, which was early announced, but never
published, with a dedication to George Steevens and a postscript to T.J.
Mathias, 1799 [bk]
- An Appendix to the Supplemental Apology for the believers in the
supposititious Shakespeare Papers, being the documents for the opinion
that Hugh McAuley Boyd wrote Junius' Letters, 1800
- [Editor] The Poems of Allan Ramsay, to which are prefixed a life of the author,
from authentic documents, and remarks on his poems, from a large view of
their merits, 1800,
v.1,
v.2
[1848 repr,
av1,
av2], [1877 repr.,
v.1,
v.2; av1,
av2]
- [Editor] Natural and Political Observations and Conclusions upon the
State and Condition of England 1696, by Gregory King,
Esq., Lancaster Herald, to which is prefixed a life of the author, 1804
[reprinted as
appendix. to 1804 ed of Chalmers's Estimate],
[1810 new edition]
- [Editor] The Poetical Works Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lyon King at Arms under James V, with
a life of the author prefatory dissertations and a glossary of his poetical works, 1806,
v.1,
v.2,
v.3
[av1,
av2,
av3]
- Caledonia: or, a historical and
topographical account of North Britain, from the most ancient to the present
times, with a dictionary of places chorographical and philological,
1807-24 (3 vols).
-
vol. 1
(1807),
-
vol.2
(1810),
-
vol.3 (1824);
- Later 8-volume edition: Old Vol I =
v.1 (1887),
v.2 (1887); Vol. II =
v.3 (1888),
v.4, (1889), Vol. III =
v.5 (1889),
v.6 (1890),
v.7 (1894)
vol.8 - index (1902)
[av1,
av2,
av3,
av4,
av5,
av6,
av7,
av8]
- A Chronological Account of the Commerce and Coinage in Great Britain, from
the Restoration till 1810, distinguishing the years of war, 1810
- Considerations on Commerce, Bullion and Coin, with a view to our
present circumstances, 1811 [av] [1811 2nd
ed, av]
- An Historical View of the Domestic Economy of Great Britain and Ireland,
from the earliest to the present times, 1812 [bk] (new edition of "Comparative
Estimate", corrected and enlarged)
- Opinions of Eminent Lawyers on various points of English Jurisprudence,
chiefly concerning the colonies, fisheries and commerce of Great Britain,
1814,
v.1,
v.2 [1858 US
ed; av]
- An inquiry into the incidents from which the title and part of the
story of Shakespeare's Tempest were derived, and its true era ascertained,
1815 (reply to Malone, privately printed)
- The State of the United Kingdom at the peace
of Paris, November 20, 1815: Respecting the people, their domestic energies,
their agriculture, their trades, their shipping, and their finances,
1816 [bk]
[1816 2nd ed,
av]
- Comparative views of the State of Great
Britain and Ireland: as it was before the war, as it is since the peace,
1817
[bk,
av]
- The Author of Junius ascertained, from a concatenation of circumstances,
amounting to moral demonstration, 1817 [bk]
- Churchyard's Chips concerning Scotland, being a collection of his pieces
relative to that country, with historical notices, and a life of the author,
1817 [bk,
av]
- The
Life of Mary Queen of Scots, drawn from the state papers with six subsidiary
memoirs, 1818,
v.1,
v.2
[av1, av2] [1822
2nd ed.
v.1,
v.2,
v.3;
av1, av2,
av3]
- The Poetical Remains of some of the Scottish Kings, now first collected,
1824
- (Editor) Robene and Makyne, and the Testament of Cresseid, by Robert Henryson,
1824 [bk]
- A Detection of the Love Letters lately attributed in Hugh Campbell's work to
Mary Queen of Scots, wherein his plagiarisms are proved and his fictions
fixed, 1825 [bk]
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