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
2To 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...
3From 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.
4From 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
5To George Washington from Daniel Byrnes, 17 January 1793 (Washington Papers)
Tench Tilghman to William Heath, 6–10 Sept. 1777
6To 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...
7To 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,
8From 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.
9To 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
10To 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