Collection of 14 signed letters and documents relating to Col. Tench Tilghman

Collection of 14 signed letters and documents relating to Col. Tench Tilghman

Land patent

Various 1746-1892

14 items

MSS 509B

[1]. Cover letter(?) Tho[ma]s. Cookson -- [2]. A.L.S. Nat.[haniel] Rigbie to unidentified Sir, Oct 29th, 1746 asking favor on behalf of bearer, whose son is in addressee's gaol -- [3]. Account. Jo[h]n. Thomson, July 30th, 1752 -- [4]. A.L.S. Josiah Polk to Matthew Tilghman, Wicomico, Md. Apr. 27th, 1781 mentions two barges taking guard prisoner and plundering others; Mr. Lyons suspected spy -- [5]. A.L.S. W.[illiam] Wilmot to R[ichard]. Croxall, May 8th, 1782 sends copy of Nathanael Greene's letter urging secrecy; also news of British troop movements in the South. Wilmot of the 2nd Maryland Regiment died in action in Nov., 1782 -- [6]. A.L.S. Tho[ma]s Lawrence to Tench Tilghman, Oct. 6th, 1785 -- [7]. Account. G[unning Bedford junior to State of Delaware, 1787 -- [8]. Pennsylvania land patent. Abraham White. Land "Hibernia," Huntington County, Pa., Dec. 6, 1802 -- [9]. A.L.S. Rob.[ert] Troup to Col. [Richard] Varick, mentions business with Trinity Church Jan. 10, 1814 -- [10]. A.L.S. P.[eter] Gansevoort to John L. Morton, Albany, Apr. 1, 1818, news of legal suit and injunction - [11]. A.L.S. P[aul] B[entelou], Point Remove, [Arkansas] to Ann C. Brearly, May 5th, 1833 -- [12]. A.L.S. Jos.[eph] White to [Isaac] Hull, June 5th, 1834 acknowledging receipt of can made from wood of "Constitution" -- [13]. A.L.S. John Meredith Read to General James Grant Wilson, Paris,Nov. 10th, 1887; mentions autograph of Ponce de Leon and portraits -- [14]. A.L.S. Delancey Floyd-Jones to Genl. [James Grant Wilson], Decb. 20th, 1892.
From the collection of Harrison Tilghman (MD Society), descendant of Col. Tench Tilghman.

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