Tilghman Family Papers
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, financial records, daybooks, ledgers, clippings and photographs pertaining to the Tilghman family and their plantation in Queen Anne's County, Maryland (The Hermitage). References to noted members of the family, including Colonel Richard Tilghman and Matthew Tilghman, occur among the records. Also contained in the papers is a journal kept by Stedman R. Tilghman, describing his travels through the West in 1843, including detailed accounts of American Indian culture and language from the perspective of white colonists. The collection also documents local exchange and the transition from indentured labor to enslaved labor on the Eastern Shore in the 18th century.
Materials in this collection contain references to slavery, slaveholding, and enslaved individuals.
Please be aware that this collection contains documents that use outdated and potentially offensive terminology.
Dates
- Creation: 1712 - 1843
Creator
- Tilghman Family (Maryland) (Family)
- Tilghman, Stedman R, 1822-1848 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection are in the public domain. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
Extent
1.35 Cubic Feet (1 legal size document case and 1 flat box.)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Correspondence in the collection's curatorial file indicates that Miss Woodville of Baltimore, Maryland, gave collection to Georgetown University Archivist Francis Barnum, S.J., in 1919.
Processing Information
The collection has been rehoused in acid-free boxes and folders. The collection's inventory was compiled by Mary Beth Corrigan in May 2024.
- Title
- Tilghman Family Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John Zarrillo
- Date
- 2024-05
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
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