BIB_ID
116286
Accession number
MA 556.49
Creator
Tilghman, Matthew, 1718-1790.
Display Date
1783 May 7.
Credit line
Likely acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Mrs. Tilghman."
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the members of the First Continental Congress; see main record for MA 556 for more information.
With trace of a seal.
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the members of the First Continental Congress; see main record for MA 556 for more information.
With trace of a seal.
Summary
Speaking of his wish to be "away from the Senate & at home"; hoping that the "ague & fever" goes "off with a fit or two, at it often does at this time of year"; reporting that he told "the Gentlemen of the Senate that [he] must leave them about the last of the month."
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