51From George Washington to Major General William Heath, 9 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, : Heath Papers.
Tilghman added a concluding paragraph that reads: “While I was writing the above by his Excellency’s Direction he went to Bed. I thought it a pity to disturb him to sign it. I therefore have the Honor to... subscribe myself Yr most obt Servt Tench Tilghman.”
52To George Washington from the New York Committee of Safety, 10 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
We received from Mr Tilghman an Account of the enemies Ships having gone up the River—and have dispatched Expresses to General Schuyler and General Clinton agreable to your Excellency’s request.Tench Tilghman had written the New York committee of correspondence the previous day, informing it that British warships had passed the obstructions at Fort Washington that morning. “How far they intend...
53From George Washington to John Hancock, 11–13 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
Tench Tilghman, who rode with GW to Westchester County on 12 Oct.
54From George Washington to Colonel Thomas Tash, 13 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, Tench Tilghman informed William Duer on this date of GW’s orders to Tash ( : Emmet Collection). Duer replied to Tilghman on 14 Oct. that Tash’s regiment “will be of great service to prevent at least a Revolt, though It will not be strength enough to occupy the Passes through the Highlands” (
55Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison to John Hancock, 14–17 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
Tench Tilghman wrote Duer on 15 Oct. that he had returned to headquarters the previous evening from Eastchester and Westchester and “there was no Alteration in the Situation of the Enemy except that they had thrown up small Works upon Frogs...
56From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 15 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
Tench Tilghman to William Duer reads: “the most in my power shall be done.” William Duer wrote Tench Tilghman on 17 Oct. that he had been informed “that the Guards who were sent to watch the ships are extremely negligent—All the Coast from Tarry Town to Peeks Kill is I am told destitute of Guards—Several Disaffected...
57Council of War, 16 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
Tench Tilghman wrote William Duer on this date: “I have yours of the 14th, which is principally taken up with pointing out the necessity of securing a proper place of retreat beyond the Highlands, should any accident befall the army...
58To George Washington from Brigadier General Hugh Mercer, 16 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
.
The last two sentences and the closing are in Mercer’s writing. Although Tench Tilghman docketed this letter in part “Ansd 18th,” that reply has not been found.
59From George Washington to Colonel Jacob Bayley, 17 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, Tilghman apparently misread the account total “£982.06.5½” as “£982.16.5½.” (see
60From George Washington to the New York Convention, 17 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
: Duer Papers). Tench Tilghman wrote Duer on this date that GW “has had no great experience of the abilities of Mons. Imbert the French Engenier who goes up with your Express, but he thinks it would be of Service to you if... ...Duer replied to Tilghman on the following day: “I observe what you mention with Respect to Mr Imbert, and shall give such hints to the Committee of this Convention who...
61From George Washington to Robert R. Livingston, 20 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
Tench Tilghman wrote William Duer on this date: “To be obliged to follow an enemy whose route is a Secret to us, is not a little distressing especially as we have not Wagons sufficient to transport our baggage & provisions....
62From George Washington to an Anonymous Officer, 21 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
The last paragraph of this letter is in Tench Tilghman’s writing as are also the words “& Water” in the fifth paragraph (see ). An incomplete note in Tilghman’s writing at the end of the manuscript reads: “whether the Generals things are gone on to the Jerseys.”Tench Tilghman inserted the words “& Water” above the line. Although Israel Hutchinson’s commission as colonel of the 27th Continental...
63From George Washington to Colonel William McIntosh, 21 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
(photocopy), in Tench Tilghman’s writing, .
Tilghman addressed the cover of the
64General Orders, 24 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
, 135–36, 138). On 27 Oct. Tench Tilghman wrote to William Duer: “We already make a very respectable figure—our front lined & arbutted & some redoubts well forwarded on our Rear impassable for Horse or Foot but through passes of which we have possession” (
65Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison to John Hancock, 25 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
, 86–87). Tench Tilghman wrote William Duer on 27 Oct.: “When Genl Lee removed he was obliged to leave 80 or 90 barrels of provisions of all Kinds for want of Wagons” (: Trumbull Papers; Tench Tilghman to James Tilghman, Sr., 22 Oct., in
66To George Washington from Major General Nathanael Greene, 27 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
, 1:323–24; Tench Tilghman to William Duer, 29 Oct., in
67Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison to John Hancock, 29 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
...by a few regiments of militia levies, including Col. Eleazer Brook’s and Col. John Moseley’s Massachusetts levies, Col. Morris Graham’s New York levies, and probably Col. David Forman’s New Jersey levies (see Tench Tilghman to James Tilghman, Sr., 31 Oct., in Tilghman,
68Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison to John Hancock, 31 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
Tench Tilghman writes William Duer on this date: “The enemy, from their late movements, seem inclined to cross over to the ...of this move had been delayed by the frustratingly slow evacuation of essential military stores and baggage from the village and the necessity of constucting new defensive positions before abandoning the old ones under the noses of the enemy (see Tench Tilghman to...
69Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison to John Hancock, 1 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
, 65–66). Twelve Waldeckers had been brought into the American camp on the morning of 27 Oct., and Tench Tilghman wrote William Duer later that date that they “are amazed at the kind treatment they receive, they say they were torn away from their own Country & will willingly remain among us—They say ‘if their fellow soldiers...
70General Orders, 2 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
: Trumbull Papers). “All matters are as quiet as if the enemy were one hundred miles distant from us,” Tench Tilghman writes William Duer on this date, “and his Excellency is just going to ride. I must therefore to horse” (
71Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison to John Hancock, 3 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
: Schuyler Papers; see also Harrison to Nathanael Greene, 3 Nov.; William Douglas to his wife, 7 Nov., in Douglas, “Letters,” 13:161–62; and “Trumbull Journal,” 207). On 5 Nov. Tench Tilghman wrote William Duer: “By two deserters who came from Rogers’ Rangers last night, the General [GW] was informed that Rogers intended to make an expedition early this morning to the Sawpits—General Parsons...
72From George Washington to William Shippen, Jr., 3 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
73From George Washington to Colonel Rufus Putnam, 5 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
...Wright owned a mill on the Bronx River in that vicinity before the Revolutionary War. For the sending of three regiments of Maryland militia from Gen. Rezin Beall’s brigade to Pine’s Bridge on the Croton River, see Tench Tilghman to William Duer, 31 Oct., quoted in Robert Hanson Harrison to Hancock, 31 Oct., n.1.
74From George Washington to John Augustine Washington, 6–19 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
“I think,” Tench Tilghman writes Robert R. Livingston on this date, “we have done greatly in stopping the career of Monsr Howe with the finest army that ever appeared in America, opposed to as bad a one as ever appeared in any...
75From George Washington to John Hancock, 6 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
Howe’s movement, Tench Tilghman writes Robert R. Livingston on this date from GW’s headquarters, is “the most extraordinary and unexpected of any that has been made by the enemy this campaign.” Whether Howe’s design is “to make a retreat...
76From George Washington to Major General Nathanael Greene, 7 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
“Governor Tryon,” Tench Tilghman wrote Robert R. Livingston on 8 Nov., summoned the inhabitants of this [Westchester] county to come to the White Plains and make their submissions. We are informed that four or five hundred went in and took the...
77From George Washington to William Livingston, 7 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
(mutilated), in Robert Hanson Harrison’s and Tench Tilghman’s writing, : Livingston Papers;
copy, in Tilghman’s writing, are in Tilghman’s writing. Two large sections are torn from one edge of the
78Instructions to Brigadier General Thomas Mifflin, 10 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
Copy, in in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
79From George Washington to Major Generals Charles Lee and William Heath, 16–17 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
, addressed to Heath in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
80From George Washington to John Hancock, 16 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
81From George Washington to the New York Convention, 16 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
The New York committee of safety on 21 Nov. also read the letter about the fall of Fort Washington that Tench Tilghman wrote Robert R. Livingston on 17 Nov. from Hackensack (see , 1:712). “I wish I had better news to communicate,” Tilghman writes, “but we suffered a heavy stroke yesterday in the loss of
82From George Washington to Colonel Samuel John Atlee, 21 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, .
Although Tilghman left the day of the month blank in the dateline of the draft, he docketed the manuscript on the reverse “Novr 21. 1776. To Colo. Atlee.”, in Tilghman’s writing,
83From George Washington to William Livingston, 21 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
84Orders to Colonel David Forman, 24 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
85From George Washington to Colonel Samuel Miles, 25 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
86From George Washington to Major General William Heath, 29 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
87From George Washington to the Board of War, 30 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, On the draft manuscript Tench Tilghman first wrote “that the Secret Committee be directed” and then changed the wording to read “that you give Directions.”
88From George Washington to William Livingston, 30 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
89From George Washington to Lieutenant General William Howe, 1 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s and Tench Tilghman’s writing, .
The draft is in Harrison’s writing except for the last paragraph and the closing which are in Tilghman’s writing.
90From George Washington to Colonel Richard Humpton, 1 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, owned (1984) by Mr. Harry Kels Swan at Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville, N.J.;
copy,
91From George Washington to William Livingston, 1 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
92From George Washington to John Hancock, 3 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
93From George Washington to Lieutenant General William Howe, 3 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
94From George Washington to Richard Peters, 4 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
95From George Washington to Richard Dallam, 5 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
96From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 8 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
97From George Washington to Colonel Arthur Erwin, 9 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
98From George Washington to John Hancock, 9 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
99From George Washington to the Pennsylvania Council of Safety, 9 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,
100From George Washington to Thomas Wharton, Jr., 10 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
, in Tench Tilghman’s writing,