George Washington Papers

From George Washington to James Tilghman, Jr., 23 March 1773

To James Tilghman, Jr.

Mount Vernon 23d Mar. 73

Dear Sir,

I expect Govr Eden, and some Gentlemen from Maryland here this afternoon1—If you are disengaged, I should be glad if you would come down & stay with us a day or two, or as long as they remain with Yr Most Obedt Servt

Go: Washington

ALS, NjMoHP.

1. GW’s diary entry for 23 Mar. reads: “Went over to Mr. Wm. Digges’s to Dinner, to meet Govr. [Robert] Eden who with Mr. [Benedict] Calvert, Mr. Digges, Mr. Geo. Digges & Mr. Custis returnd with me. Found Mr. Loyd Dulany here” (Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 3:167).

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    From George Washington to James Tilghman, Jr., 23 March 1773
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    Tilghman, James Jr.
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    23 March 1773

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    “From George Washington to James Tilghman, Jr., 23 March 1773,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-09-02-0153. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 9, 8 January 1772 – 18 March 1774, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, pp. 203–204.]

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