Tilghman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-720803
Correspondence, financial records, daybooks, ledgers, clippings and photographs pertaining to the Tilghman family of Eastern Shore, Maryland. 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.
See the External Documents section below for an inventory to the collection.
Materials in this collection contain references to slavery, slaveholding, and enslaved individuals.
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1.35 Cubic Feet (1 legal size document case and 1 flat box.)
English
Immediate source of acquisition unknown. The collection was acquired sometime prior to 1985.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository