George Chalmers (1742–1825)
George Chalmers, lawyer and political writer, was born in Fochabers, Moray, Scotland. After reading law at Edinburgh University, he sailed to America to assist an uncle in a Maryland lawsuit. He then practiced law in Baltimore, gaining a reputation as a stout Loyalist. Fearing for his safety, Chalmers left the colonies in 1775 for England, where he began his career as an author with Answer from the Electors of Bristol to the Letter of Edmund Burke, a retort to the statesman's pro-American views.
Alexander Du Toit, "Chalmers, George (bap. 1742, d. 1825)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2011).
Eileen Ka-May Cheng, "Plagiarism as Dialogue: George Chalmers, William Robertson, and John Marshall's Life of George Washington," Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, Volume 111, Number 4, Networks: The Creation and Circulation of Knowledge from Franklin to Facebook (2022), 1, 3-18.
Mark Boonshoft, "George Chalmers and the History Wars of the American Revolutionary Era" (blog entry, 12 June 2015), New York Public Library, New York City.