1From 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
2From 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.
3From 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.
Col Tilghman,Lieutenant Colonel Tench Tilghman.
5From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 18 February 1781 (Hamilton Papers)
wait upon him immediately. I went below and delivered Mr. Tilghman a letter In less than an hour after, Tilghman a difference which could not have happened but in a moment of passion. I requested Mr. Tilghman to tell him,
6To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, 19 December 1780 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
7General Orders by George Washington, 1 November 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
, in writings of Tench Tilghman and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
8[From Alexander Hamilton to Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens], [27 September 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
Although this letter is attributed to H in the Sparks Transcripts, in reality it was written by Lieutenant Colonel Tench Tilghman, H’s fellow aide. The original of the letter is in the South Carolina Historical Society. There are textual differences in the Sparks and the original, but the contents of both letters are the same.
9To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, 17 March 1780 (Washington Papers)
is in the writing of GW’s aide-de-camp Tench Tilghman and follows a struck-out number that cannot be read with certainty. The copy clearly is dated 17 March 1780.
10To George Washington from Brigadier General Duportail and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, 26 October 1779 (Washington Papers)
For GW’s favorable response to the suggestion involving sand bags, see Tench Tilghman to Nathanael Greene, 3 Nov., found at