1From 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,
2To 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 (
3From 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...
4From 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.
5From George Washington to George Augustine Washington, 10 June 1787 (Washington Papers)
GW to Tench Tilghman, 11 Aug. 1784Tilghman to GW, 18 Aug. 1784
6[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,...
7[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 (
8[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 (
9To 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...
10To 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