1To George Washington from Daniel Byrnes, 17 January 1793 (Washington Papers)
Tench Tilghman to William Heath, 6–10 Sept. 1777
2To 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
3To 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
4To 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...
5To 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...
6To 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
7To 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...
8To George Washington from Henry Lee, Jr., 3 July 1786 (Washington Papers)
GW to Tench Tilghman, 17 Aug. 1785, n.2
9To 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...
10To 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...