Box 1

Letters from various clients of William Tilghman while practicing law in Chester Town, Maryland. Main correspondents include Henry Drinker, Thomas May, Peter Wikoff, and Jasper Moylan.

Letters from various clients and associates of William Tilghman and copies of letters written by William Tilghman while he was practicing law, acting as a circuit judge in Philadelphia, and Supreme Court Justice of Pennsylvania. Main correspondents include James Matthews, James Scott, Samuel Hughes, and [?] Kinner.

Financial records pertaining to William Tilghman’s commercial activities as well as his estate after his death.

Documents associated with legal matters.

Legal settlement, 1795, and an order for blank forms to be used by a magistrate, 1814.

Letters to William Darlington, Esq., Prothonotary of Chester County (Pennsylvania) from Benjamin Tilghman.

Bill addressed to Richard Tilghman from the Schuylkill Fishing Company.

Two leafs removed from a larger volume written after his death.

Chapter XXXVI, an abridgement of a eulogy written by Horace Binney, removed from a larger volume and bound with a handwritten letter to Honorable Jasper Yeats from William Tilghman, April 4, 1806.

Recorded in a copybook, sold by Hogan & Thompson of Philadelphia, which depicts the "Defence of Fort McHenry" on the front cover and "Death of Abercrombie" on the back cover. The information was most likely copied from an older document into this copy book.

Documents relating to legal cases in Queen Ann County, Maryland, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.