Note 894 — Chapter XIII · (continued 2)

[He undertook it at the instance of Sir John Dalrymple. See his chapters ix. and xv. See, also, his Introduction to the History of the Revolt of the American Colonies. Chalmers had come to Maryland in 1763 to give legal assistance to an uncle in pursuing a land claim. Many of his papers were bought at his sale by Sparks, and are now in Harvard College Library.—Ed.]