1Tench Ringgold to James Madison, 23 September 1831 (Madison Papers)
I have not heard, as yet, from the friend in Philadelphia who has promised to give me information as to any
opinion which Chief Justice Tilghman may have delivered on the other subject. So soon as I obtain it I will instantly
forward to you.
2To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 21 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
A case of so much importance to the U. S. has occurred here, that I do myself the honor to inclose to you a copy of the opinions of Ch. J. Tilghman and Judge Smith (of the Supe. Co. of Pa.) which was lent to me by Mr. Du Ponceau. He was of course for
France, and Mr. C. Hare for the officer. In the course...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Tench Coxe, 17 September 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
...of my brother John D. Coxe of this city. He was during a number of years President of the first district of the Common Pleas of this state, which station has been filled by Chief Justices Shippen & Tilghman. He resigned that Station. He was bred in the states of Pennsa. & New Jersey, in the last of which he read two years to see the chancery practice, which was not known in Pennsa. till...
4To Alexander Hamilton from Louis Le Guen, 13 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
de M’envoyer Les Observations de Monsieur Tilghman,Tench Coxe to H, May 10, 1795, note 3
5Notes on Conversation with Tench Coxe, 25 April 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Apr. 25. at a dinner given by the bar to the Federal judges, Chase & Peters, present about 24. lawyers and Wm. Tilghman in the chair, this toast was given ‘Our
6From George Washington to John O’Donnell, 4 September 1797 (Washington Papers)
Tench Tilghman to GW, 25 Aug. 1785
7To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 26 August 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
between them & Mr. E. Tilghman’s, Papers of Tench Coxe in the Coxe Family Papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
8From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 25 March 1797 (Washington Papers)
GW to Tench Tilghman,4 Aug. 1784, n.1
9From Alexander Hamilton to William Tilghman, [18 July 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
H to Tilghman, July 15, 1796Tilghman endorsed this letter: “A. Hamilton 18. July 96 Send Church’s Deed to Luzerne by Express. ansd. 23. July.” Tilghman’s letter to H has not been found. This is a reference to John B. Church’s speculations in Pennsylvania lands with Tench Coxe. For an explanation of these purchases, see the
10To John Adams from Tench Coxe, 18 November 1793 (Adams Papers)
...the honor to assure you of my perfect health after eight days residence in Philada. The Town has filled much since my last. Messrs. Willing, Bingham, Shippen, Burd, Dallas, Delany, Macpherson, Butler, Tilghman, and very many others whom I do not remember, have returned to Town. I expect my family every Moment—I have not heard of any person, even the cleaners of houses, who have been taken...
11From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 5 April 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Tench Coxe to H, December 14, 1792In the Maryland elections in the fall of 1792 James Tilghman and William Hindman were the candidates for Congress from the upper district of the Easttern Shore of Maryland. Hindman was elected.
12From George Washington to James Keith, 17 March 1793 (Washington Papers)
At this place in the draft, Lear wrote and then crossed out: “wh. was pd to Edd Tilghman Esqr. Atty to Miss Harriot R. Anderson, in full of a legacy left her by Colo. Colvill. Principal & Int[eres]t 176 stg @ 133⅓.” For Harriot Rebecca Anderson’s legacy, see James Tilghman, Sr., to GW, 6 Oct. 1790
13To George Washington from Daniel Byrnes, 17 January 1793 (Washington Papers)
Tench Tilghman to William Heath, 6–10 Sept. 1777
14To Alexander Hamilton from George Gale, 20 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
...fine I can assure you that there is no such Character in my Opinion for this appointment ’tho I doubt not there are many presented to the president. Among others that are here Mentioned tis said A Mr. James Tilghman is a Candidate. He is the Friend & Relative ...and no Doubt will be supported by him Altho I am convinced that if Mr. Coxe knew Mr. Tilghman as well as I do he would not advocate...
15To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 14 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
...very considerable fortune from his father, one of the wealthiest men of his day in the province of Maryland.” Before the American Revolution he had been appointed naval officer and collector of the port of Oxford, Maryland (Oswald Tilghman,
16From Alexander Hamilton to Tench Coxe, [1 February 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
another for Mr. Tilghman, Papers of Tench Coxe in the Coxe Family Papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
17To George Washington from James Tilghman, Sr., 6 October 1790 (Washington Papers)
James Tilghman, Sr. (1716–1793), father of GW’s trusted wartime aide Tench Tilghman, was a native of Talbot County, Md., who moved to Philadelphia in 1762 and held various provincial offices there. His Loyalism forced his retirement upon the outbreak of hostilities, and he returned to Maryland’s Eastern Shore...GW to Tilghman, 25 May 1769, source note
18To George Washington from John O’Donnell, 9 September 1790 (Washington Papers)
18 Aug. 1785). He bought almost two thousand acres on the Baltimore waterfront east of Fell’s Point where he built an oriental mansion called “Canton.” In introducing O’Donnell to GW in 1785, Tench Tilghman described him as “a Gentleman of large Fortune—polished Manners” (Tilghman to GW, 25 Aug. 1785 and note 1
19From George Washington to Margaret Tilghman Carroll, 16 September 1789 (Washington Papers)
Margaret Tilghman Carroll (1742–1817), the daughter of Matthew Tilghman and the sister-in-law of GW’s wartime aide Tench Tilghman, was the widow of Charles Carroll “the barrister” (1723–1783). Carroll’s estate Mount Clare, where his widow was still living, was noted for its greenhouse and its ornamental plantings. The greenhouse at Mount Clare...GW to Tench Tilghman, 11 Aug. 1784
20To George Washington from William Heth, 3 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
). After remaining the night in Alexandria, the party proceeded to Baltimore where Mrs. Washington visited Margaret Tilghman Carroll, the widow of Charles Carroll the “barrister” (c.1732–1783) and the sister-in-law of GW’s wartime aide-de-camp Tench Tilghman. Mrs. Carroll lived at a plantation near Baltimore. In the afternoon James McHenry and his wife entertained the party, “Fire-Works were...
21From George Washington to Mathew Carey, 27 October 1788 (Washington Papers)
...to have been a British prisoner. GW learned of the fabrication early in 1778 and suspected that the author might be Virginia’s former attorney general John Randolph, who had fled to England at the outbreak of the Revolution (Tench Tilghman to James Tilghman, 24 April 1778, in Memoir of T. Tilghman,
22To Thomas Jefferson from William Carmichael, 5 November 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
...America. Washington had planned the trip of “Royal Gift” from Boston to Mount Vernon with all of the care and forethought that he gave to a military campaign, and had solicited the aid of such prominent individuals as Tench Tilghman, Robert Morris, Elias Boudinot, George Clinton, Jeremiah Wadsworth, and Thomas Cushing (
23From George Washington to Johnzee Sellman, 25 September 1787 (Washington Papers)
of that document. For the articles of agreement between GW and Rawlins, dated 25 Feb. 1786, see Tench Tilghman to GW, 1 Mar. 1786. Rawlins’s letter regarding his charges of £45 in Maryland currency is dated 10 Mar. 1787, and GW’s letter to Rawlins withholding payment until Thomas Hammond and Richard Tharpe had completed...
24From George Washington to Elizabeth Powel, 12 June 1787 (Washington Papers)
...June and not to the farce on 10 July. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd may be James Lloyd (c.1756–1830) of Kent County, Md., and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of GW’s old friend James Tilghman and sister of Tench and James Tilghman, Jr.
25From George Washington to George Augustine Washington, 10 June 1787 (Washington Papers)
GW to Tench Tilghman, 11 Aug. 1784Tilghman to GW, 18 Aug. 1784
26[May 1787] (Washington Papers)
Tench Francis, Jr. (1730–1800), was the son of Tench Francis (d. 1758) and an uncle of Tench Tilghman, one of GW’s aides during the Revolution. In 1787 he lived on Chestnut Street between Third and Fourth streets. He later became first cashier of the Bank of North America (...Lawrence was Elizabeth Francis Lawrence (1733–1800), a sister of Tench Francis, Jr., whom GW visited twice this week,...
27[Diary entry: 30 May 1787] (Washington Papers)
...who in the colonial period had been a mayor of Philadelphia and a judge of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, was proscribed a Tory during the Revolution. Mrs. Lawrence was Elizabeth Francis Lawrence (1733–1800), a sister of Tench Francis, Jr., whom GW visited twice this week, and an aunt of GW’s wartime aide Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman. In 1790 Lawrence lived on Chestnut Street below Sixth Street (
28[Diary entry: 28 May 1787] (Washington Papers)
Tench Francis, Jr. (1730–1800), was the son of Tench Francis (d. 1758) and an uncle of Tench Tilghman, one of GW’s aides during the Revolution. In 1787 he lived on Chestnut Street between Third and Fourth streets. He later became first cashier of the Bank of North America (
29To George Washington from James Tilghman, 14 November 1786 (Washington Papers)
In the Draught of an Incription for Colo. Tilghman’s Tomb I have taken the Liberty of mentioning your name in the manner you will perceive by the inclosed Copy of the Draught.Tilghman’s draft for the inscription on his son’s tombstone reads: “Beneath this Stone are laid / The Remains of a Good Man / Colo. Tench Tilghman / Who died April the 18th 1786 / In the 43d year of his life / He took an...
30To George Washington from James Tilghman, 2 August 1786 (Washington Papers)
He was a credit to his family as was poor Tench[.] My Losses I must endeavor to bear[.] Submission is my part which I shall endeavor to act as well as I can. I have the honour to be with very sincere regard Yr Most obt hble...Tilghman to GW, 26 May, n.3
31To George Washington from James Tilghman, 7 July 1786 (Washington Papers)
Since poor Tench’s death I have taken up the matter of looking after Miss Andersons Legacy left by the will of Colo. Colville And this leads me to address you on that Subject[.] Her case is remarkably pityable[.]... ...well by the tyes of relationship as the impulse of humanity[.] Your letters to Tench upon the subject refer him for some information to a Mr West of Baltimore Exr of his Brother...
32To George Washington from Henry Lee, Jr., 3 July 1786 (Washington Papers)
GW to Tench Tilghman, 17 Aug. 1785, n.2
33To George Washington from James Tilghman, 26 May 1786 (Washington Papers)
In looking over poor Tench’s Papers I found a bundle containing principally the letters that passed between him and the N. York committee of correspondence in 1776 I have sealed them up and if you chuse to make them a part of your... ...happiness and his death has clouded my prospects exceedingly His Brother Thomas Ringgold Tilghman has taken his place in Mr Morris’s business here And dare say...
34To George Washington from Thomas Ringgold Tilghman, 22 April 1786 (Washington Papers)
I have the most melancholy Task to perform, that was ever yet imposed upon me; that of making you acquainted with the Death of my poor Brother Tench. Painful however as it is, I thought a duty not to be dispensed with towards one for whom he had so high a Reverence & so warm an Attachment as for yourself. Not above three days before his......Tilghman (1765–1789) was one of James and...
35To George Washington from William Moultrie, 7 April 1786 (Washington Papers)
Tench Tilghman’s first letter to GW, 13 Dec. 1785
36March 1786 (Washington Papers)
John Rawlins, a stucco worker, or plasterer, was originally from England. Recommended by GW’s former aide, Tench Tilghman, now a Baltimore
GW to Tilghman, 14 Sept. 1785
37To George Washington from Tench Tilghman, 23 March 1786 (Washington Papers)
This was Tilghman’s last letter to GW. He died on 18 April. See Thomas Ringgold Tilghman to GW, 22 April
38To George Washington from Tench Tilghman, 19 March 1786 (Washington Papers)
The account for the seed, this date, that Tilghman purchased for GW is in GW to Tilghman, 10 March
39[Diary entry: 10 March 1786] (Washington Papers)
John Rawlins, a stucco worker, or plasterer, was originally from England. Recommended by GW’s former aide, Tench Tilghman, now a Baltimore
GW to Tilghman, 14 Sept. 1785
40From George Washington to Tench Tilghman, 10 March 1786 (Washington Papers)
...you were much indisposed (tho’ he could not tell with what) when he left Baltimore. I hope the cause, ere this, is removed—& that you are perfectly restored—Mrs Washington unites in best wishes for Mrs Tilghman and your self with Dr Sir Yr Most Obedt and Affecte Hble Servt
41To George Washington from Tench Tilghman, 1 March 1786 (Washington Papers)
I must beg the favor of you to make the Compliments of Mrs Tilghman and myself to Mrs Washington—I am with very sincere Regard Dear Sir Yr most obt & most humble Servt...Feb., made with John Rawlins, “Stucco Worker” of Baltimore, by Tilghman on behalf of GW provided that Rawlins would “on or before the fifteenth Day of April next at furthest begin to work upon a Certain Room at Mount Vernon . ....
42From George Washington to Tench Tilghman, 22 February 1786 (Washington Papers)
Tilghman enclosed the articles of agreement with Rawlins, dated 25 Feb., in
43To George Washington from Tench Tilghman, 16 January 1786 (Washington Papers)
From Tench TilghmanTench Tilghman
44From George Washington to Tench Tilghman, 7 January 1786 (Washington Papers)
To Tench Tilghman
45To George Washington from Tench Tilghman, 30 December 1785 (Washington Papers)
Tilghman to GW, 13 Dec. (second letter)The agreement that Tilghman concluded with John Rawlins on behalf of GW along the lines set out here is dated 25 Feb. and was enclosed in
46To George Washington from Tench Tilghman, 13 December 1785 (Washington Papers)
From Tench TilghmanTench Tilghman
47To George Washington from Tench Tilghman, 13 December 1785 (Washington Papers)
Tilghman to GW, 30 December
48From George Washington to Tench Tilghman, 6 December 1785 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
to Tench Tilghman, 6 Dec. 1785. Tilghman wrote on 13 Dec
49From George Washington to John Rawlins, 30 November 1785 (Washington Papers)
...suiting me, as I must be upon a certainty—having been twice disappointed & put to much inconvenience for want of the room. These reasons I say, have induced me to communicate my ideas to Colo. Tilghman on this business, & to authorize him on the spot to fix matters decidedly with you. Any Agreement therefore which he may make on my behalf, will be as obligatory on me as if I was......Tench...
50From George Washington to Tench Tilghman, 30 November 1785 (Washington Papers)
...wish to put to him, for preservation of the breed, he shall be much at your service, & you shall be welcome to the use of him to her. Mrs Washington joins me in best wishes for Mrs Tilghman & yourself, and with sentiments of sincere esteem & regard I am—Dear Sir Yr Affecte frd & obedt Serv....Tilghman’s dealings with Harry Dorsey Gough (Goff; c.1745–1808) and his further dealings with John...