11From George Washington to Jesse Root, 7 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
12From George Washington to Nathaniel Shaw, Jr., 7 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
13To George Washington from Brigadier General Nathanael Greene, 8 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
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Tench Tilghman docketed this letter: “Long Island Augt 8. 1776 From B. Genl Greene.” Although 8 Aug. 1776 was Thursday rather than Wednesday as indicated in the dateline, it is undoubtedly the correct date of this letter,...
14From George Washington to Brigadier General Hugh Mercer, 8 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
The Account given you by a Deserter as brought me by Mr Tilghman. Tench Tilghman (1744–1786), captain of a Philadelphia light infantry company that recently had joined the flying camp, volunteered his services as an aide-de-camp to GW about this time and acted in that capacity without rank or pay... ...GW officially appointed Tilghman one of his aides-de-camp (see General Orders, that date), and...
15From George Washington to the Pennsylvania Associators, 8 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
16From George Washington to the Queens County Committee of Safety, 11 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
17From George Washington to the New York Convention, 12 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
18From George Washington to Brigadier General James Clinton, 14 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
19From George Washington to Frederick Jay, 16 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
20From George Washington to the New Jersey Convention, 16 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,