[George Chalmers, Scottish antiquary and author.] Autograph Letter Signed to the bookseller William Ford, regarding a 'curious Tract' and his 'MS. Catalogue'..

See his entry in the Oxford DNB, with that of the presumed recipient, the Manchester bookseller William Ford. 1p, 4to. On recto of first leaf of bifolium, the verso of the second addressed, with two postmarks, to ‘Mr. Wm. Ford / 11 Strangates / Lambeth.’ In good condition, lightly aged, with spots of paper from mount at corners on address page. Folded for postage. Signed ‘Geo: Chalmers’. He begins by thanking him for his ‘obliging Note’ of the previous day, before stating that he has ‘the curious Tract, which was printed, by Raban of Aberdeen’. Concludes: ‘If you should have any bag at hand, I should be glad to throw my eyes over your MS. Catalogue’ A note in a contemporary hand describes Chalmers as ‘Author of the life of Tho. Ruddiman & other works.’, and there is a second in a Victorian hand giving Ford’s address.