Tilghman, William, 1756-1827. Correspondence, 1772-1827.
Title:
Correspondence, 1772-1827.
Letters to William Tilghman, Philadelphia lawyer and jurist, from clients, friends, and members of his family. The main portion of the collection pertains to claims, controversies, collections of debts, land settlements, suits in court, politics and other legal matters; bills and accounts of money spent for wearing apparel and similar commodities; receipts for pew rents in Christ Church, Philadelphia; accounts and correspondence relating to the purchase, sale, condition and eventual manumission of slaves, and traveling expense accounts. Some of the correspondents include: John Barclay, James Cheston, Stephen Collins, James Earle, Samuel Earle, the Philadelphia firm of Thomas, Samuel, and Miers Fisher, John Galloway, Daniel Charles Heath, Richard Hynson, Thomas Jones, James Pearse, P. Bond, Henry Drinker, Henry Pearse, James Carey, William Cooke, Tench Coxe, James Earle, Jr., Joshua Gilpin, Thomas W. Francis, Nicholas Hammond, John M. D. Laurence, Robert Milligan, Maria Lloyd Hemsley, William Hemsley, Mary Livingston, James Lloyd, Anna Maria Tilghman, Ann C. Tilghman, Elizabeth Tilghman, Ann Allen, Ann Greenleaf, Thomas Hemsley, Henry W. Livingston, Charles C. Tilghman, Tench Tilghman, Benjamin Chew, Jr., John McDowell, Samuel Hanson, Elizabeth Wistar, Richard Wistar, and others.
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