1From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 8 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, The words “after they were deserted by the Militia” are struck out at this place on the draft, which GW’s aide-de-camp Tench Tilghman also penned.
2From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 12 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
3From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 17 November 1779 (Washington Papers)
is in the writing of GW’s aide-de-camp Tench Tilghman.
4From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 16 November 1779 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
5From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 22 October 1779 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
6From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 16 October 1779 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
7From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 2 October 1779 (Washington Papers)
...two sets of “Mathematical Instruments.” The inventory also included forty-one dozen “Ring” for violins, four and one-half dozen “Bassoon Reeds,” and ten dozen hautboy (oboe) reeds. A note on the document, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, indicates that the various items were distributed among headquarters and to the quartermaster general, the adjutant general, the corps of engineers, the...
8From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 29 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
9From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 14 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
10From George Washington to Major General Horatio Gates, 17 August 1779 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tighman’s writing, On the draft, which is in the writing of GW’s aide-de-camp Tench Tilghman, GW wrote the words in parentheses.