Legal correspondence.

Scope and Content Note This collection contains both personal and business papers belonging to Col. Oswald Tilghman. The personal correspondence deals with family genealogy, societies and organizations, and politics. The business papers deal with some legal work but mostly with real estate transactions for property on the Eastern Shore including Beverly, Wye Heights, Mister’s Farm, Readbourne, Renwick Farm, Morling’s Neglect, and the Harrison property in Talbot County. There are also receipts, banking, and...

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This collection contains correspondence with Hopewell H. Barroll. Some request letters of recommendation for various positions with Washington College, one regards an honorary degree from Dickinson College for Thomas S. Hodson. Includes commencement materials for Yale and Washington College. There are also legal papers related to Barroll’s work as a lawyer.

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This collection contains a letter to John or Henry Elbert, of Lexington, Kentucky, from John Sangston regarding a suit for hire against the heirs of Robert Gamble. Langston appears to be soliciting others into the suit, including Kensey Harrison and Thomas Wright of Centerville.

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This collection contains a letter from Joseph R. Wickes to Miss Elizabeth Nicholson a teacher at a girl’s school in the home of Gen. Ringgold in Hagerstown, Maryland, dated January 26, 1829. The letter appears to concern legal matters particularly Miss Nicholson’s statement.

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This collection contains a legal letter from John Lloyd and John McGrath of Philadelphia to Joseph Wickes, Esq., requesting assistance in collecting a small claim court debt against John William Lindsay of Centerville.