Finding Aid to the Tilghman Family Papers, MS 2821 Maryland Historical Society

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1 Finding Aid to the Tilghman Family Papers, MS 2821 Maryland Historical Society Collection summary Title The Tilghman Family Papers Creator Colonel Richard Tilghman and descendents Call number MS 2821 Span dates Extent 54 boxes; bulk Abstract Papers of three sons of Richard Tilghman II ( ) and their descendents, including connecting families, such as the Chew, Allen, Lawrence, and Penn families, and genealogical records. Among these materials are the papers of Edward Tilghman ( ), James Tilghman ( ), Edward Tilghman, Jr., William Tilghman ( ), Benjamin Chew Tilghman ( ), and Richard Albert Tilghman ( ). The collection also includes letterbooks, day books, accounts, property books, legal papers, pamphlets, maps, prints, drawings, photographs, ephemera, and records from the family estate in Queen Anne's County, "The Hermitage." Administrative summary Repository H. Furlong Baldwin Library Maryland Historical Society 201 W. Monument Street Baltimore, Maryland Access restrictions Use restrictions Provenance Access to this collection is unrestricted. Permission to quote from this collection must be received in writing from the Special Collections Librarian. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Chew Tilghman, The Hermitage, Centerville, Maryland 21617, in 1985.

2 Accession number Processing note Initial inventory and processing by Caroline D. Bain. Processed in its entirety 2007 by Jim Tschen Emmons and Robert Finch. Items of particular value or which are too fragile to handle have been copied and removed from the open collection these are marked [R]. Introduction A collection of truly national importance, the Tilghman Family Papers contain close to 7,500 items, among them letters, scrapbooks, letterbooks, and photographs. The collection is an invaluable resource for the years leading up to, and those that witnessed, the American Revolution, the first steps of the national government in Philadelphia, the creation of the state governments of both Maryland and Pennsylvania, and the Industrial Revolution. This collection is particularly strong with regard to prominent Loyalists. Among the correspondents of Richard, Edward, Edward II, James, Tench, and William Tilghman to name only a few were George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Robert Morris. The Tilghman Family Papers contain not only evidence of the great affairs and prominent figures of the burgeoning nation, but also a window into daily life in early America. These papers provide a glimpse into the lives of plantation owners and slaves, the military, the world of rebels and loyalists, legal practice, manufacturing, the public and private lives of women, and the world of one of the founding families of the United States, the Tilghmans. Compilation of this collection was largely the hard work of William McMurtrie Tilghman (b. 1815), a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and secretary of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, who was an avid genealogist and family historian. Biographical Sketches The Tilghmans The Tilghmans of America descend from Dr. Richard Tilghman ( ) who, with his wife Mary, came to America in 1660 and settled at "The Hermitage," originally a four-hundred acre farm, in Queen Ann's County, Maryland. His son Richard Tilghman ( ) married Anna Maria Lloyd ( ), daughter of Philemon Lloyd (d. 1685). Their son, Edward (I) ( ), married first Anna Maria Turbett, then Elizabeth Chew (I) (b. 1720), with whom he had seven children. Their fourth child, Edward (II) ( ), married Elizabeth Chew (II) 2

3 ( ). Their second son, Benjamin (b. 1785), married Anna Maria McMurtrie of Philadelphia. They had eight children, two of whom, Benjamin Chew Tilghman ( ) and Richard A. Tilghman ( ), produced much of the latter portion of the material in this collection. Edward Tilghman (I) ( ): Edward Tilghman of Wye, the fourth son of Colonel Richard Tilghman ( ), was a judge and High Sheriff of Queen Anne's County. He was also a member of the Maryland State Assembly. Edward kept a detailed and complete record of most aspects of life at his Wye River plantation in Corsica Hundred. His accounts from 1740 to 1785 contain information about the cost of building, furnishing, and maintaining his home, about crops of wheat and tobacco, his annual net worth, and the cost for maintaining slaves per year. Much of his material within the collection consists of correspondence with his son, Edward Jr. He married first Anna Maria Turbett, then Elizabeth Chew (I), and finally Juliana Carroll. Edward Tilghman, Jr. (II) ( ): The third son by Edward (I)'s second wife, Elizabeth Chew, Edward Tilghman Jr., like many of the Tilghman men, studied law at the Middle Temple in England ( ). Upon his return to the colonies, Edward Jr. became a prominent lawyer in Philadelphia, handling cases such as the William Cobbett libel trial and the issue of Robert Morris' land speculation. He also became a member of the Continental Congress. Of particular interest among his papers are letters to his father from the Middle Temple, so many of which provide a firsthand account of English sentiment on the eve of the Revolution. He married his cousin, Elizabeth Chew (II). Benjamin Tilghman (III) (1785-c.1852): Son of Edward Jr., Benjamin was a lawyer and merchant in Philadelphia. Most of the items relating to him reflect his mercantile career and interest in land investment. He married Anna McMurtrie ( ). William McMurtrie Tilghman ( ): Son of Benjamin III and Anna McMurtrie. Though he studied law in the 1840s, William did not limit himself to a legal profession, but participated in various projects of his brothers, Benjamin Chew II and Richard Albert. He eventually took up the office of Secretary of the Schuylkill Navigation Company. William was the family historian, and it is largely thanks to him that this collection survives today. Much of his material relates to Tilghman genealogy. He married Catherine Ingersoll (d. 1861). 3

4 James Tilghman ( ): The fifth son of Colonel Richard Tilghman, James was a Loyalist, though one whose fortunes survived the Revolution intact due to his compliance with colonial orders to remain in Chestertown. James was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress in The following year he became the secretary of the Penn family's land office, where he not only made land purchase treaties with Native Americans, but also took part against the settlers in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania during the "Pennamite Wars." Within his series are records concerning his nephew James (b. 1742), son of William, a merchant in Alexandria, Virginia; James' son James (b. 1748); and another nephew named James (b. 1743), son of Richard III, a lawyer in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. James Tilghman married Ann, daughter of Tench Francis, in Tench Tilghman ( ): Son of James. Best known as an aide-decamp and close friend of General George Washington, Colonel Tench Tilghman, before 1775, had been a merchant in Philadelphia. Such was Tench's value in Washington's eyes that he was chosen to deliver the news of Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown to Congress. Though Tench and his father differed in their political outlook, the two men continued to correspond during the war. In 1783 Tench married his cousin, Anna Maria Tilghman, with whom he had two daughters. Tench left the military for business and worked for a time with Robert Morris. Richard "East India Dick" Tilghman ( ): Son of James ( ). Richard Tilghman, affectionately nick-named "East India Dick" by his family for his work with the East India Company, went to London in the late 1760s to study law at the Middle Temple. In 1777 Richard became Advocate for Bengal with the East India Company and left for India. He was there until 1780, returning to London for reasons of health, but was forced back to Bengal in Several years later Richard sailed once again for Europe, but died en route. Among his papers are those concerned with the settlement of his estate (c. 1799), his natural daughter Elizabeth, or "Betsy" (who became a ward of James upon the death of his son), and those documents pertaining to his experience with the East India Company. William Tilghman ( ): Son of James. At the height of his career William was Chief Judge of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Philadelphia. Like his father James and elder brother Philemon, William was a Loyalist. Philemon left the colonies with Maryland's last Proprietary Governor Robert Eden and joined the royal navy. William remained behind. Both he and his father were paroled to their Maryland plantations by 1777, 4

5 later going on trial to regain their rights and property. James' parole and William's record of trial are part of the collection (see Boxes 8 and 11 respectively).william married Margaret Elizabeth Allen in Matthew Tilghman ( ) Maryland's "Father of the Revolution," Matthew Tilghman was not only a delegate to the Continental Congress ( ), but presided over it in His reports to his brother James about behind-the-scenes negotiations provide a unique glimpse of the Congress. Locally, he was one of those who helped transform Maryland from a province into a state, even contributing language to the Maryland Constitution. In 1741 he married his first cousin Anne, a daughter of James Lloyd (d. 1723). Benjamin Chew Tilghman ( ) The son of Benjamin Tilghman, a lawyer, and Anna Maria McMurtrie, Benjamin Chew Tilghman studied law, but joined his brother Richard in business. They engaged in a series of scientific and technological experiments that produced several commercial ventures, most successfully a sand-blasting business they began in This work took them to England, where they had plants in Sheffield and Manchester, as well as elsewhere in continental Europe. Benjamin Chew Tilghman fought in the Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 3, Upon recovery he took command of the Third U.S. Colored Regiment out of Philadelphia. After the war Benjamin rejoined Richard. Benjamin oversaw the "Tilghman Patent Sand Blast Company, Ltd.," while his brother Richard ran the BC and RA Tilghman Company in America. Benjamin's nephews, Benjamin Chew Tilghman II and Richard A. Tilghman Jr. took over the business upon the death of their father. Richard A. Tilghman ( ) Richard A. Tilghman was the son of Benjamin Tilghman, a lawyer, and Anna Maria McMurtrie. Upon completing college in 1841, Richard pursued chemistry and its commercial applications with his brother Benjamin Chew Tilghman. His first patent, in 1843, was a process to improve the manufacture of potassium dichromate or "chrome yellow." In time he licensed the process to the Baltimore Chrome Works. Richard was also interested in the power of steam, hydrolysis, and producing gas from coal. Richard's success invited imitators and in 1859 he fought a long case against Proctor & Gamble for infringement upon his hydrolysis patents. Richard and Benjamin, while partners, were separated from 1844 as each handled different aspects of their business. They corresponded constantly, however, and their letters comprise a sizable portion of the latter material in the collection. Richard married Susan Price Toland in

6 Benjamin Chew Tilghman (V) ( ): Son of Richard Albert, named for his uncle, Benjamin Chew II, Benjamin Chew Tilghman followed his namesake in combining business and a military career. As a young man, he worked in the sand blast company, but took over the B.C. and R.A. Tilghman Company when his father died. His records include two indexed letterpress books, business letters, and items of personal interest to him, such as pamphlets about meteor craters in Arizona. He married Mary "Polly" McMichael. A Note about "The Hermitage" "The Hermitage," (or as it was originally known, "Tilghman's Hermitage") in Queen Anne's County was one of several Tilghman family homes, the other notable property being "Grosses," the seat of another branch of the family. Richard Tilghman, who arrived in Maryland in 1660, was granted the land patent upon which "The Hermitage" was built. The original patent was signed by Charles Calvert, Third Baron Baltimore and was still on display at the house as of Though the initial grant was only for 400 acres, succeeding generations greatly expanded the property. The first house is believed to have burned down in The current structure was built in 1859 out of the surviving eastwing of the first house. Much of the material evidence of generations of Tilghmans remains at "The Hermitage," including furniture and portraits. The grounds of the estate contain a family cemetery and stables modeled after those of the Spanish royal family. The gardens, and in particular the variety and age of many trees, have added to "The Hermitage's" fame. Related Families Though the majority of the collection consists of the papers of the Tilghmans, it also contains valuable information about their relations and associates, such as the Allen, Lawrence, and Penn families. A family tree compiled by Robert Finch, included with this finding aid, shows the connections between the families. It also distinguishes Tilghmans of the same name (e.g. "Benjamin Tilghman," of whom there are six) from one another. The Chew Family Benjamin Chew ( ) was the fourth son of Samuel Chew of Dover, Delaware and an influential man in Philadelphia before and after the American Revolution. His father, Samuel Chew, served as Chief Justice of the Lower Counties of Pennsylvania (now in Delaware). Benjamin Chew, at the age of 15, studied law under Andrew Hamilton, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer. After Hamilton's death in 1741, Benjamin served as his father's assistant in Dover and 6

7 then went to London to study law, returning in 1746 to establish a successful legal practice in Philadelphia. By 1755, although only 33 years old, he was the Attorney General of the Province of Pennsylvania as well as Speaker of the Delaware Assembly. By 1759 he was recognized as the leader of the Philadelphia Bar. Benjamin Chew was appointed Chief Justice of the Province of Pennsylvania by Governor John Penn in 1774, succeeding William Allen in that position, but he did not hold this position long because of suspected Loyalist views. He was arrested in 1777 for treason, but was released a year later. After his arrest, he took a decadelong hiatus from public life, taking up public office later as President of the High Court of Errors and Appeals from 1791 until the court's final dissolution in Benjamin Chew married first Mary Galloway ( ). After Mary's death in 1755, he married Elizabeth Oswald (1757). The Allen Family William Allen's ( ) impressive career and achievements are largely forgotten as his attempt to remain neutral during the Revolution cost him everything (three of his four sons were Loyalists). He had been Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, the mayor of Philadelphia, and a successful business man. Educated at the Middle Temple (c. 1720) in London, William took advantage of his time abroad to tour England. He returned in 1725 when his father died. William joined the Governor's Council in 1727, when he was only 23, and four years later joined the Provincial Assembly. By 1742, he had become the leader of what was known the "Gentleman's Party" (1742), a group of Anglican and Presbyterian Assemblymen who opposed Quaker politics. Equally successful in business, William owned mines, iron works, and added to his fortune with spoils from privateering during the French and Indian War. While much of his capital went to lavish entertaining, William was philanthropic as well, founding the Pennsylvania Hospital and the College of Philadelphia. He was patron to artists, among them Benjamin West and John Singleton Copely, and to doctors, such as John Morgan and John Redman. William desired to remain neutral during the American Revolution, though he was an advocate for colonial rights and opposed the Stamp Act. William married Margaret Hamilton, daughter of Andrew Hamilton, Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly. James Allen ( ) was the third son of William Allen and Margaret Hamilton, the daughter of Andrew Hamilton, Attorney General of the Province of Pennsylvania. James Allen was likewise a lawyer, having trained for the law with Edward Shippen. He served as a Common Councilman of Philadelphia between 1767 and James Allen married Elizabeth Lawrence, the only child of John Lawrence [q.v.], son of Thomas Lawrence [q.v.]. Their children were Anne Penn 7

8 Allen, who married James Greenleaf, Margaret Elizabeth Allen, who married William Tilghman [q.v.], Mary Masters Allen and James Hamilton Allen. Andrew Allen ( ), the second son of William Allen, is mentioned frequently within the collection. He was a Loyalist, but served as a Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress until the decision to declare independence was made. With his brothers, he then sought out the protection of British General William Howe. Another brother, William Allen, led the Pennsylvania Loyalist Corps during the American Revolution. The Lawrence Family Thomas Lawrence ( ) was active in the political life of Philadelphia and south-eastern Pennsylvania. In partnership with Edward Shippen, Lawrence began Shippen & Lawrence one of the most prominent Philadelphia firms engaged in the fur trade. Lawrence was most notable for his business acumen concerning land speculation. He owned, for example, much of what is now Reading, Pennsylvania. Politically, Thomas Lawrence helped negotiate a treaty with Native Americans at Albany, New York in He also served as mayor of Philadelphia several times between 1727 and his death in Both of his sons, Thomas Lawrence II and John Lawrence [q.v.], served as mayor of Philadelphia as well. John Lawrence ( ), Thomas' second son, married Elizabeth Francis, (daughter of Tench Francis and Elizabeth Turbett, and sister of Anne Francis, wife of James Tilghman ( )). They had only one daughter, Elizabeth Lawrence who married James Allen. John Lawrence was a noted Loyalist. The Penn Family The descendents of William Penn ( ), the English Quaker who was the founder of Pennsylvania, were involved both professionally and collaterally with the Tilghmans, as well as the Allen, Lawrence, and Chew families. Thomas Penn (1701/2-1775), a son of William by the founder's second wife, was much involved with cleaning up the estate of his blacksheep half-brother, William Penn, Jr., during James Tilghman's [q.v.] term as secretary of the Penn family s land office. Two of Thomas' brothers, John Penn ( ) and Richard Penn ( ) also figure in this collection, as does their half-sister Letitia [Penn] Aubrey. John Penn ( ), last of his family to govern Pennsylvania from was a grandson of the province's founder by way of that worthy s son Richard. In 1766 John married Ann Allen, the daughter of William Allen ( ) [q.v.] and the sister of Andrew ( ) [q.v.] and James Allen (1724-8

9 1778) [q.v.]. Both Allen brothers became Loyalist émigrés: William Tilghman ( ), a Loyalist, but not an émigré, married James Allen's daughter Margaret Elizabeth Allen ( ) in 1794; she probably was responsible for her uncle John Penn s papers appearing in this collection. Scope & Content The Tilghman Family Papers are divided into ten series. Series I comprises the correspondence, records, and other materials relating to the most prominent and prolific writers among the Tilghmans in the collection, each of whom makes up a subseries (e.g. Subseries B: Papers of Edward Tilghman, Jr.). The last subseries in Series I, "Miscellaneous Tilghman Family Documents," contains the documents of other, less well-represented Tilghmans. Series II contains Tilghman family genealogical materials. Those records pertaining to "The Hermitage" comprise Series III; ephemera Series IV; and photographs, Series V. Families related to the Tilghmans, specifically the Chew, Lawrence and Allen, and Penn families, each make up their own series (Series VI-VIII). An "Allied Families" series, Series IX, houses the extended kin of those families related to the Tilghmans and their relations whose documents are too few to warrant individual groupings. The last group, Series X, consists of land records. Series I: Papers of the Tilghman Family Subseries A: Edward Tilghman (I) [Box 1; Flat Box A] Subseries B: Edward Tilghman, Jr. (II) [Boxes 2-6; Flat Boxes B & C] Subseries C: James Tilghman (including his son and two nephews, all James') [Boxes 7-9; Flat Boxes D-G] Subseries D: Richard "East India Dick" Tilghman [Boxes 9-10; Flat Boxes H & J] Subseries E: William Tilghman (II, ) J] [Boxes 11-16; Flat Box Subseries F: Correspondence of Benjamin Chew Tilghman II & Richard A. Tilghman [Boxes 16-19] Subseries G: Papers of Benjamin Chew Tilghman II [Box 20] 9

10 Subseries H: Papers of Richard A. Tilghman [Box 21] Subseries I: Miscellaneous Tilghman Family Documents (including Tench ( ),Matthew ( ), Benjamin Chew Tilghman, son of Richard A. Tilghman, ( ), Philemon II ( ), and others) [Boxes 22-25; Flat Boxes I & K] Series II: Tilghman Genealogical Materials (including the personal documents and genealogical research of William McMurtrie Tilghman) [includes Over-size materials, separately housed] [Boxes 26-28; plus one Oversized, G-OS] Series III: Records relating to "The Hermitage" [29; plus # of Flat Boxes] Series IV: Tilghman Ephemera [Boxes 30-31] Series V: Tilghman Photographs [Box 32] Series VI: Papers relating to the Chew Family [Box 33] Series VII: Papers relating to the Lawrence and Allen Families [Boxes 33-34] Series VIII: Papers relating to the Penn Family [Box 35] Series IX: Allied Families (a catch-all for families not represented well enough to fit into Series V-VIII) [Box 35] Series X: Land Records [Boxes 37 & 38 include Over-size materials, Land-OS] [Boxes 36; 37 OS, 38 OS] Container List The container list lists box and folders not individual items. Series I; Subseries A: Papers of Edward Tilghman I Box 1 1. Undated, Receipts & Memoranda 2. Undated, Correspondence Edward Jr. to Edward I 3. Undated, 1772, 1776 Correspondence Edward I to Matthew Tilghman 4. Undated, Correspondence 10

11 Legal Papers Account Entry List Accounts Papers relating to the Supply or Assessment Bill, March 17-April 24 Session of the Maryland General Assembly Land Records for Lowe's Lands Incoming Correspondence Correspondence Edward Jr. to Edward I Philip Francis to Edward I Correspondence Edward I to Benjamin Tilghman Estate Papers Flat Box A Letterbook of Edward Tilghman and Edward Tilghman, Jr., Series I; Subseries B (Boxes 2-6): Papers of Edward Tilghman, Jr. Box 2 1. Undated Leather wallet of Edward Tilghman and Edward Tilghman, Jr.; lock of hair of Edward Tilghman, Jr. 2. Undated Outgoing Correspondence-- Edward Tilghman, Jr. to John Andrews 3. Undated Legal Papers 4. Undated Legal Papers 5. Undated, Incoming Correspondence 6. Undated, Correspondence with John Chew 7. Undated, Bills, Receipts, and Memoranda 8. Undated, Correspondence with Phineas Bond 9. Undated, Receipts, Bonds, and Accounts (Anna Maria Tilghman Goldsborough Smith and Robert Smith with Edward Tilghman and Edward Tilghman, Jr.) 10. Undated, 1788 Unidentified Elevation; Inscription for Mr. Pitt's Statue; List of Law Books; Certificate for Voting for Trustees of the Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia Two Letters from John Chew Correspondence, Edward Tilghman to Edward Tilghman, Jr Correspondence, Edward Tilghman to Edward Tilghman, Jr. Box 3 11

12 Account Books of Edward Tilghman, Jr Correspondence, Edward Tilghman to Edward Tilghman, Jr Accounts, Edward Tilghman, Jr Case Book Accounts of Fees in Legal Cases Phineas Bond to Edward Tilghman, Jr Incoming Correspondence John Hanson 4 th to Edward Tilghman, Jr Correspondence from Anna Maria Tilghman Goldsborough Smith Correspondence with Benjamin Chew Anna Maria Chew to Edward Tilghman, Jr Incoming Correspondence Bills, Receipts, and Memoranda Correspondence, Edward Tilghman to Edward Tilghman, Jr Anna Maria Chew to Edward Tilghman, Jr. Box Account and Bank Books ( ; ) William Tilghman to Edward Tilghman, Jr P. Cromp to Edward Tilghman, Jr Incoming Correspondence Legal Papers Bills, Receipts, and Memoranda Correspondence, Edward Tilghman to Edward Tilghman, Jr Outgoing Correspondence Samuel Chew to Edward Tilghman, Jr James Tilghman to Edward Tilghman, Jr Edward Tilghman to Edward Tilghman, Jr Incoming Correspondence George Read to Edward Tilghman, Jr Edward Tilghman to Edward Tilghman, Jr Elizabeth Chew Tilghman to Edward Tilghman, Jr. Box Edward Tilghman to Edward Tilghman, Jr Anna Smith to Edward Tilghman, Jr. 12

13 Matthew Tilghman to Edward Tilghman, Jr Robert Smith to Edward Tilghman, Jr Jared Ingersoll to Edward Tilghman, Jr Joseph Potts to Edward Tilghman, Jr Richard Tilghman IV to Edward Tilghman, Jr , 1797 Robert Morris to Edward Tilghman, Jr Edward Tilghman, Jr.'s Appointments Invitations Mr. Randolph to Edward Tilghman Chief Justice William W. Kean to Edward Tilghman, Jr William Madison to Mr. Tilghman John Adams, Reply to Edward Tilghman, Jr. [R] Thomas Jefferson, Reply to Edward Tilghman, Jr. [R] Alexander Hamilton, Reply to Edward Tilghman, Jr. [R] Incoming Correspondence Miscellaneous Papers of Elizabeth Chew Tilghman, wife of Edward Tilghman, Jr Deed for Sale, Edward Tilghman and Joseph Thomas to James Wilson Legal Papers Financial Statements William Cobbett to Edward Tilghman, Jr William Lewis to Edward Tilghman, Jr Alexander Hamilton to Edward Tilghman, Jr. [R] James Asheton Bayard to Mr. Tilghman Incoming Correspondence Thomas Pinckney to Edward Tilghman, Jr. [R] Incoming Correspondence Box 6 1. c Edward Tilghman, Jr.'s Envelopes Journal Notes Jasper Moylan to Edward Tilghman, Jr Edward Tilghman, Jr. to James Latimer Estate Papers Bush Washington to Edward Tilghman, Jr. and William Tilghman Eulogia and Obituaries for Edward Tilghman, Jr Stock Certificates, Belmont and Eastern Turnpike Estate Papers 13

14 Estate Papers Estate Papers Estate Papers Flat Box B Account Book of Edward Tilghman, Jr., ; Commonplace Book of Edward Tilghman, Jr., 1775; Law Notes of Edward Tilghman, Jr., 1773 [with clasp] Flat Box C Legal Opinions of Edward Tilghman, Jr., Vol. 1; Legal Opinions of Edward Tilghman, Jr., Vol. 2 Series I; Subseries C (Boxes 7-9): Papers of James Tilghman and Family Box 7 1. Undated, Legal Papers for Lands in New Jersey 2. Undated, 1750 Legal Papers 3. Undated, Accounts, Bills, and Receipts 4. Undated, Incoming Correspondence Land Papers Legal Papers Papers relating to the Dispute between Connecticut and Pennsylvania over the Wyoming Valley Outgoing Correspondence Account Book Account Entry Tobacco Accounts 12. c "Reflections upon the Stamp Act" Notes William Anderson to James Tilghman [R] Richard Tilghman III to James Tilghman Thomas Ringgold to James Tilghman D. Dulaney to James Tilghman Incoming Correspondence William Johnson to James Tilghman Bond for Service John Hill apprenticed to James Tilghman Bernard Daugherty to James Tilghman Box 8 14

15 Papers relating to the Treaty of Ft. Stanwix and the New Purchase Thomas Penn to James Tilghman Matthew Tilghman to James Tilghman [R] Receipt for Native American Treaty Richard Pearis to James Tilghman Michael Earle to James Tilghman Papers relating to the Dispute between Connecticut and Pennsylvania over the Wyoming Valley Legal Papers Incoming Correspondence William Tilghman to James Tilghman Horatio Gates to James Tilghman, Jr. [R] Correspondence with Thomas Penn, John Penn, and Lady Juliana Penn James Tilghman to James Lloyd Chamberlain Ringgold Hemsley to James Tilghman William Horness to James Tilghman Ringgold Hemsley to James Tilghman Juliana Penn to James Tilghman Letter to James Tilghman Incoming Correspondence Charles Wilson Peale's Witness of James Tilghman's Parole [R] Aug. to Oct. Parole of James Tilghman Outgoing Correspondence William Baker to James Tilghman Charles Thomson to James Tilghman William Geddes to James Tilghman James Tilghman to William Geddes Edward Shippen to James Tilghman Outgoing Correspondence Legal Letters William Hopper to James Tilghman A. Francis to James Tilghman John Hurt to James Tilghman regarding the hire of a "Negro" Robert Morris to James Tilghman [R] Tench Coxe to James Tilghman Thomas Morris to James Tilghman 15

16 Matthew Tilghman to James Tilghman Correspondence relating to Richard "East India Dick" Tilghman's natural daughter Elizabeth (upon Richard's death she became the ward of his father, James) Box James Tilghman to Thomas Ringgold Tilghman Thomas Ringgold Tilghman to James Tilghman Incoming Correspondence Edward Tilghman, Jr. to James Tilghman Incoming Correspondence Outgoing Correspondence Incoming Correspondence Outgoing Correspondence Estate Papers John Godfrey to James Tilghman James Tilghman to Thomas Cadwalader (a nephew) Bill of Sale Eli K. Price to James Tilghman Flat Box D Receipt Book of James Tilghman, ; Letterbook of James Tilghman, ; (marginal notes by William M. Tilghman); James Tilghman to Tench Tilghman, August 1776 (19th century copy removed from Letterbook [item 2, Flat Box D] Flat Box E Letterbook of James Tilghman, Flat Box F Letterbook of James Tilghman, Flat Box G Letterbook of James Tilghman, Series I; Subseries D (Boxes 9-10): Papers of Richard "East India Dick" Tilghman Box Undated, Notes of Richard Tilghman 15. Undated, Receipts, Bills, and Memoranda 16. Undated, Correspondence Legal Papers 16

17 Accounts Box Envelopes Papers relating to the East India Company Correspondence with the East India Company Account Book (August to December) Estate Papers David and John Godfrey to James Tilghman regarding the Estate of Richard Tilghman David and John Godfrey to James Tilghman regarding the Estate of Richard Tilghman Correspondence with William Tilghman regarding the Estate of Richard Tilghman Flat Box H Letterbook of Richard Tilghman, Flat Box J Law Notes of Richard Tilghman, [with clasp]; Law Notes of Richard Tilghman, ca Series I; Subseries E (Boxes 11-16): Papers of William Tilghman Box Undated William Tilghman's Legal and Account Documents 2. Undated Legal Papers 3. Undated, Incoming Correspondence 4. Undated, Notebooks (undated before 1780): Rules Relative to Practice in the Land Office" and "Notes & Books Lent." 5. Undated, Correspondence concerning Legal Matters 6. Undated, Memoranda 7. Undated, 1796 Printed Materials: Broadsheet about Status of African- Americans in Pennsylvania & Act concerning Emigrants to Western Pennsylvania 8. Undated (p. 1800) "Book of Roads" 9. Undated, 1803 Invitations Correspondence with Edward Tilghman, Jr Accounts, Bills, Receipts Legal Papers Letter to William Tilghman from Unknown 17

18 William Tilghman's Trial for Loyalty to the American Cause William Tilghman's Trial for Loyalty: Proceedings to Remove him from the Bar; Court Judgement Edward Tilghman to William Tilghman Charles Carroll to William Tilghman Richard Tilghman IV's Instructions to William Tilghman upon Legal Matters William Tilghman to Hollingsworth 20. Undated Bookplates, Letterhead, and Invitations [R] Box Outgoing Correspondence Letter to Electing Committee for Society for Abolition of Slavery William Dallas to William Tilghman Letter to Doctor Thomas Legal Papers c Correspondence from Philemon Tilghman Correspondence from Harriet Milbanke (Mrs. Philemon Tilghman) Letters by William and others to George Washington; Letters by Bush Washington [the latter [R]] William Tilghman to Margaret Allen Tilghman Margaret Allen Tilghman to William Tilghman Legal Papers , 1799, 1803 Miscellaneous Financial Papers Margaret Allen Tilghman to William Tilghman William Tilghman to Margaret Allen Tilghman Box Incoming Correspondence Documents relating to Suits against Robert Morris and John Nicholson William Tilghman to Margaret Allen Tilghman Margaret Allen Tilghman to William Tilghman Colonel John Lawrence to William Tilghman William Tilghman to Edward Fox Copy of Certificate Advertisements of Lands for Sale William Tilghman to Margaret Allen Tilghman 18

19 William Tilghman to Ann Penn William Tilghman to Harriet Milbanke Tilghman (Mrs. Philemon Tilghman) Deed from George Harrison Pierce Butler to William Tilghman Harriet Milbanke Tilghman (Mrs. Philemon Tilghman) to William Tilghman Bank Book Proposal to Navigate Lehigh River Canal Examples of Slave Manumissions James Lawrence to William Tilghman John Adams Appointment of William Tilghman as Chief Justice, Circuit Court, for the Third Circuit of the United States [R] Correspondence relating to William Tilghman's becoming Security for General James Lloyd Harriet Milbanke Tilghman (Mrs. Philemon Tilghman) to William Tilghman William Tilghman to Andrew Allen, Jr. Box Andrew Allen, Jr. to William Tilghman John Dickinson to William Tilghman Correspondence with Circuit Court Judges concerning Repeal of the 1801 Judiciary Act Andrew Allen to William Tilghman William Tilghman to Andrew Allen Letters of Introduction from John Carroll for William Tilghman Tench Coxe and A.J. Dallas to William Tilghman Harriet Milbanke Tilghman (Mrs. Philemon Tilghman) to William Tilghman John Sergeant to William Tilghman [R] William Tilghman's Notebooks while on Circuit Governor Thomas McKean to William Tilghman Incoming Correspondence Harriet Milbanke Tilghman (Mrs. Philemon Tilghman) to William Tilghman 14. c Draft of Reports on English Statutes in Force in Pennsylvania 19

20 William Tilghman to A. Allen, Esq., London Harriet Milbanke Tilghman (Mrs. Philemon Tilghman) to William Tilghman Land Papers Box Harriet Milbanke Tilghman (Mrs. Philemon Tilghman) to William Tilghman Papers relating to Elizabeth Tilghman, William Tilghman's daughter Account Book Horace Binney to William Tilghman Harriet Milbanke Tilghman (Mrs. Philemon Tilghman) to William Tilghman John Randolph to Chief Justice Tilghman [R] Religious Reflections Joseph Hopkinson to William Tilghman Caroline Tilghman to her Uncle, William Tilghman James Buchanan to William Tilghman [R] Papers Relating to the Missouri Question Indenture to Convey Land from with Joseph Johns William Tilghman's address to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture Mary Allen Livingston to William Tilghman Ann Penn Allen Greenleaf (Mrs. James Greenleaf) to William Tilghman Richard Peters to Chief Justice Tilghman Clement Biddle to William Tilghman James Greenleaf to William Tilghman William M. Meredith to William Tilghman William Tilghman to Benjamin Tilghman Box An Eulogium upon the Hon. William Tilghman, Late Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, by Horace Binney William Tilghman to Unknown Estate Papers Design for William Tilghman's Tomb 20

21 Writ of Levari Facias, Transfer of Property, William Deal Sheriffs to James Sullivan Estate Papers Marriage Settlement Ann Penn Allen and William Tilghman Flat Box J Receipt Book of William Tilghman, [with clasp] Series I; Subseries F (Boxes 16-19): Correspondence of Benjamin Chew Tilghman II and Richard A. Tilghman Box Undated Receipt for Tools 9. Undated Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman 10. Undated Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II 11. Undated Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman 12. Undated Correspondence addressed to Benjamin Chew Tilghman to Richard Albert Tilghman 13. Undated, 1887 Richard Albert Tilghman to Richard Tilghman, contract between Richard Albert Tilghman and Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Patents of Richard Albert Tilghman Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Documents relating to Patents, Richard Albert Tilghman Anna McMurtrie Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II and Richard Albert Tilghman Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Box Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Empty Envelopes--Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II 21

22 Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Letterbook, 1877-Sept. to 1879 Oct. (Benjamin Chew Tilghman II) Box Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Sand Blast Company Contracts, Account Book, and Patent Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to his Nephew Benjamin Chew Tilghman and Richard Albert Tilghman Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Box Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Richard Albert Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Benjamin Chew Tilghman II to Richard Albert Tilghman Correspondence between Richard A. Tilghman and his sons, Benjamin Chew Tilghman and Richard Albert Tilghman Correspondence, J.E. Matthews and B.C. Tilghman & Richard A. Tilghman Saint Louis Shovel Company to J.E. Matthews, B.C. Tilghman & Richard A. Tilghman & 1903 Patents of Richard A. Tilghman and Benjamin Chew Tilghman II 22

23 Transfer of Patents from J.E. Matthews to Benjamin Chew Tilghman II and Richard Albert Tilghman Series I; Subseries G (Box 20): Papers of Benjamin Chew Tilghman II Box Undated Civil War Memorabilia, 26 th Regiment Survivors; Lincoln Memorial Ribbon [R] 2. Undated Correspondence & Ephemerae 3. Undated Correspondence 4. Undated Memorabilia 5. Undated Legal Papers 6. Undated, Maria Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman 7. Undated, Ephemerae Financial Accounts, Bristol College William McMurtrie to Benjamin Chew Tilghman Anna Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman Anna McMurtrie Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman Correspondence Elizabeth Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman Foreign Patents Documents relating to Patents Muster Rolls Official Military Papers Ordnance Papers Ordnance Papers Correspondence Correspondence U.S. Patents Estate Papers & 1912 Clippings Military Biography, LTC. Benjamin Chew Tilghman, 3 rd Infantry 26. Undated Red Glass Fragment with Design from Sand Blast Process [R] Flat Box I Letterbook of Colonel Benjamin Chew Tilghman, Series I; Subseries H (Box 21): Papers of Richard A. Tilghman 23

24 Box Undated Accounts, Bills, Receipts 2. Undated BC Tilghman II to B.C. Tilghman, son of Richard A. Tilghman 3. Undated Biographical Materials, Richard A. Tilghman 4. Undated Clippings 5. Undated Correspondence 6. Undated Anna McMurtrie Tilghman to Richard A. Tilghman 7. Undated Estate Papers 8. Undated Legal Papers 9. Undated Notes 10. Undated Susan Toland (Mrs. R.A. Tilghman), Family Correspondence 11. Undated Will of Elizabeth Tilghman 11. Undated, Correspondence of Anna Tilghman 12. Undated, 1857 Notes Correspondence with Isaac Tyson, Jr. regarding Chrome Experiments Correspondence Correspondence with Isaac Tyson, Jr. regarding Chrome Experiments Correspondence with Isaac Tyson, Jr. regarding Chrome Experiments Correspondence with Sisters Elizabeth Tilghman to Richard A. Tilghman Maria Tilghman to Richard A. Tilghman William McMurtrie Tilghman to Richard A. Tilghman Anna Tilghman to Richard A. Tilghman Correspondence Correspondence Correspondence, Anna Tilghman and Richard A. Tilghman Benjamin Chew Tilghman to Richard A. Tilghman regarding the Civil War Empty Envelopes Memorandum Richard A. Tilghman, Business with Church of the Redeemer & Poems 24

25 Flat Box I Letterbook, Benjamin Tilghman and Richard Albert Tilghman, ; Letterbook, Benjamin Chew Tilghman, to Series I; Subseries I (Boxes 22-25): Miscellaneous Tilghman Family Papers Box James Tilghman to Richard Tilghman and Matthew Tilghman James Tilghman to Richard Tilghman 3. c Incoming Correspondence, Colonel Richard Tilghman of the Hermitage and his adopted son, Richard Cooke Tilghman Accounts, Bills, Receipts, and Memoranda, Colonel Richard Tilghman of the Hermitage Outgoing Correspondence, Colonel Richard Tilghman of the Hermitage 6. Undated Richard Tilghman V, Biographical Note Correspondence & Accounts, Richard Cooke Tilghman & 1859 Correspondence, James Earle and James W. Thompson to Richard Cooke Tilghman, Survey of Farm Abraham Tilghman to Richard Tilghman II Abraham Tilghman to Richard Tilghman II [copy] 11. Undated Drawings of Tench Tilghman's Sword 12. Undated Tench Tilghman to Richard Tilghman Papers and Correspondence, Tench Tilghman Letter Prisoners of War to General Howe [R] Letter from Tench Tilghman to Timothy Matlack Tench Tilghman to James Allen Tench Tilghman to Major General Armstrong Tench Tilghman letter to Unknown Tench Tilghman to Edward Tilghman 20. Undated, Incoming Correspondence, Benjamin Tilghman Receipt, Journal, and Correspondence, Benjamin Tilghman Financial Papers, Benjamin Tilghman Legal Papers, Benjamin Tilghman Outgoing Correspondence, Benjamin Tilghman Account Books, Benjamin Tilghman Papers relating to the Lafayette Ball in Philadelphia 25

26 William McMurtrie Tilghman to Benjamin Tilghman Legal Papers, Benjamin Tilghman Estate Papers, Benjamin Tilghman Philemon Tilghman's "Compend of Rhetoric" Bills, Philemon Tilghman Matthew Tilghman to Governor Thomas Sim Lee 33. Undated Seals of Tench Tilghman, James Tilghman, and George Washington [R] ff Private Tilghman/Chew Family Letterbook [R] Correspondence Sir Henry Irving and Brahm Stoker to Mary M. Tilghman, Brahm Stoker business manager of Henry Irving, , 1901 [R] 36. Undated Old Stamps [R] Matthew Tilghman to Governor Thomas Sim Lee [R] Box Undated Notes on Foxburg Estate 2. Undated Lithograph of General Sir Ralph Abercromby 3. Undated Photograph of Painting of Sir Ralph Abercrombie by Sir Thomas Moore 4. Undated Helen Wilson to Miss Fox The Petition of Henry Middleton for Lots of Land, Transcription, and Plat Invitation for Mr. McMichael and two Visiting Cards of Meta Andrews Shaw, and, Captain and Mrs. Ezio Garibaldi Memorial Tablet for Oliver Hering Middleton, Jr Benjamin Chew Tilghman and his Parents regarding his Activities at St. Paul's School, Concord, Hew Hampshire Passport, Benjamin Chew Tilghman J.M. Fox to Sam Agnes Tilghman Packard to "Rickie" Ellen Terry to Mary M. Tilghman, Notes from Benjamin Chew Tilghman IV William T. Sherman to McMichael Benjamin Chew Tilghman, Range Finder and Sand Blast inventions with Diagrams Benjamin Chew Tilghman to Mary M. Tilghman Mary M. Tilghman (Mrs. Benjamin Chew Tilghman II), Biographical Correspondence 26

27 Harris to Benjamin Chew Tilghman 18. c Correspondence about Fox Estate, mentions Benjamin Chew Tilghman and Descendents Susan Tilghman Lante to her Brother, Richard Tilghman J. Barber to Benjamin Chew Tilghman Correspondence, Photograph all related to Meteor Crater Will of Meta Andrews McMichael Meta A. McMichael to Benjamin Chew Tilghman Benjamin Chew Tilghman, World War I letters & Biographical Correspondence Wilson to Miss Fox Aunt Nance Godey to Benjamin Chew Tilghman Benjamin Chew Tilghman to William Logan Fox regarding inheritance of "The Hermitage" Correspondence, Eliza Middleton Fox Tilghman (Mrs. BCT III) Letter from Anna Shaw; two Empty Envelopes Incoming Correspondence, Aunt Charlie Robert, Palazzo Sorbello, and Marchesa di Sorbello to Benjamin Chew Tilghman Charles B. McMichael to Benjamin Chew Tilghman Academic Pamphlet, "Now and Then," Charles B. McMichael to Mrs. Tilghman Louis Estill Fagan to Benjamin Chew Tilghman Invitational Correspondence between Lafayette College and Mrs. Benjamin Chew Tilghman, Centennial Celebration E.R.C. to Benjamin Chew Tilghman, Newspaper Clippings involving Nancy Hoyt Box Correspondence, Benjamin Chew Tilghman ; 1961 Benjamin Chew Tilghman IV, Documents for St. Paul's School Harrison Tilghman to Benjamin Chew Tilghman Eli Kirk Price III to Benjamin Chew Tilghman and Mrs. Tilghman Elizabeth Whitney Putnam to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Chew Tilghman Louis Estill Fagan to Benjamin Chew Tilghman 27