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Excerpt from Opinions of Eminent Lawyers on Various Points of English Jurisprudence: Chiefly Concerning the Colonies, Fisheries, and Commerce of Great Britain; Collected and Digested, From the Originals in the Board of Trade, and Other Depositories
Mr. Chalmers arrived in England about the year 1775, and immediately devoted himself, with much assiduity, to the study of the history of the British colonies in North America. His first work, the Political Annals of the United Colonies, displayed great diligence, re~ search, and fidelity, and has been of essential use in facilitating the labors of later historical investigators in the same field. The first volume was published in 1780, but the second unfortunately, never appeared. In 1786, Mr Chalmers was appointed chief clerk to the committee of Privy Council charged with the con sideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign plantations, and he continued to discharge the duties of this office for nearly fifty years. The situation gave him, of course, the freest access to all the archives con nected with the colonial interests of Great Britain, and furnished him abundant facilities for the prosecution of his favorite studies.
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