Matthew Tilghman (1717/18-1790)
MSA SC 3520-1267
Sources:
Books -
Barnes, Robert compl. Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette 1727 - 1839. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979.
The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Baltimore: National Biographical Publishing Company, 1879.
Bordley, James, Jr. The Hollyday and Related Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1962.
Malone, Dumas, ed. Dictionary of American Biography.
vol. IX. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964.
Biographical
sketch on pp. 543-544.
Papenfuse, Edward C., et. al. A Biographical Dictionary of
the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789. Vol. II: I-Z.
Baltimore: The Johns
Hopkins University Press, 1985.
Biographical
sketch on pp. 825-27.
Tilghman, Oswald. History of Talbot County, Maryland 1661 - 1861. 2. vols. Baltimore: Regional Publishing Company, 1967.
Articles -
"Tilghman Family." Maryland Historical Magazine I (1906), 181-4, 280-4, 290, 369-376.
J. Hall Pleasants, ed. "Letters of Molly and Hetty Tilghman." Maryland Historical Magazine XXI (1926), 123-149; 139-40; 219-241.
Archival sources -
Maryland State Archives MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Red Books) 25 April 1776, Matthew Tilghman; Thomas Johnson, Jr.; Thomas Stone, Deputies in Congress (Philadelphia) Eden affair; need to maintain delegation in Congress. MSA S 989-29, MdHR 4557-29, 1/6/3/34.
Maryland State Archives MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Red Books) 11 June 1776,
Matthew Tilghman; Thomas Stone, John Rogers (Philadelphia).
Possibility of enemy attack; Flying Camp quota; debate on independence;
Convention attendance. MSA S 989-288, MdHR 4561-30, 1/6/3/38.
Maryland State Archives MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Red Books) 3 December 1776, Matthew Tilghman (Philadelphia) to Council of Safety. Strength of the army; troop movements. MSA S 989-323, MdHR 4561-65, 1/6/3/38.
Maryland State Archives MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Red Books) 26 August 1777, Matthew Tilghman; Robert Goldsborough (Talbot County Court House), to Governor. Collection of arms; account of military supplies. MSA S 989-2696, MdHR 4581-26, 1/6/4/13.
Maryland State Archives MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Red Books) 17 July 1781, Matthew Tilghman; William Paca (Talbot Court House) to Richard Earle. Request for instructions and commissions. MSA S 989-3665, MdHR 4591-09, 1/6/4/23.
Maryland State Archives MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Red Books) 14 August 1781, Matthew Tilghman to W.S.T. Request for information on amount of money in the treasury. MSA S 989-3669, MdHR 4591-13, 1/6/4/23.
Maryland State Archives MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Red Books) 17 March 1781, Matthew Tilghman to Lieutenants, Eastern Shore counties. Plans to distribute arms to the militia. MSA S 989-4556, MdHR 4601-60, 1/6/4/33.
Maryland State Archives MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Red Books) 21 April 1781, Matthew Tilghman, Pres. Special Council (E.S.) to President of Congress. Concern over an act of Congress. MSA S 989-4665, MdHR 4603-33, 1/6/4/35.
Maryland State Archives MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Red Books) 16 October 1781, Matthew Tilghman, Col. (Talbot County). Purchase and storage of provisions. MSA S 989-4664, MdHR 4603-32, 1/6/4/35.
Maryland State Archives QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1737-1743, liber RT, no. B, MSA C 1426-6, 2/1/1/6.
Maryland State Archives QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1781-1783, liber RT, no. 3, MSA C 1426-16, 2/1/1/16.
Maryland State Archives TALBOT COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1751-1759, liber JL, no. 18, MSA CM 1011-24.
Maryland State Archives TALBOT COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) 1785-1794, liber JB, no. 4, folios 44-45,125-134; 314-317, MSA C 1925-4, 1/43/4/23.
Web sources -
Archives of Maryland online, vol. 51. Proceedings of the Court
of Chancery February 16, 1668/69 to October 16, 1679.
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000051/html/index.html
Archives of Maryland online, vol. 64. Proceedings and Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland October 1773 to April 1774.
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000064/html/am64p--5.html
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-Present online.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000271
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