$400 to Tench Tilghman & Receipt of Swords

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

$400 to Tench Tilghman & Receipt of Swords

Description

The sum of four hundred dollars will be remitted to Colonel Tilghman by the agent in Maryland of the Board of Treasury and Tilgman is to acknowledge receipt of that sum. All the swords voted on by Congress should be received within the course of a month or two.

year created

1785

month created

12

day created

02

author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Colonel Tench Tilghman
Henry Knox
Congress

notable location

War Office

notable item/thing

swords
testimonies of their special approbation

document number

1785120200001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) THA25 (2 pages) Collection: V.F. Vertical File A.K. Peter Keyser. PK
[view document] (2 pages) RCB01 (2 pages) Collection: Henry Knox Papers Tilghman, 1156

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox War Office [n/a]
Recipient Tench Tilghman [unknown] [n/a]