L. G. Shreve Collection

Manuscript and Archive Collection

L. G. Shreve Collection

Manuscript collection number:	18-21
Accessioned:	gift of the author
Extent:	1.75 linear feet
Content:	Correspondence and literary manuscript.
Access:	Open for research
Processed:	Douglas Fahrman
Date:	October 1, 1999

Contents List

Box 18

The Preface

Two note cards- ideas for introduction.
Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Jeanne L. Smith, Centreville, MD 9 July 1982
Letter from Jeanne L. Smith, Centreville, MD to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 3 June 1982
Two typed copies of the title page.
Two Photostats of title page proof.
Corrected proof of premise.
Two proofs of the preface.
Second (and final) draft.
First draft (titled introduction at the time).
Handwritten prototype introduction.
Five pages of notes.
“Another Francis Scott Key” Lippman Baltimore Sun, 2 August 1976.
George Washington Flexner pp.4, 5.

Acknowledgements

Two copies of proof Draft
Note card

Chapter One

Draft of chapter notes
Proof of reference notes
Draft of chapter one
Information on DeGrasse conference
Diaries of Washington Fitzpatrick pp.260,261
Rochambeau Whitridge pp.202,203
Beat the Last Drum Fleming pp.141-145
Victory at Yorktown Chidsey pp.124,125
The French Navy and American Independence Dull pp. 246,247
British Navy in Adversity James pp.446,447

Chapter Two

Proof of Footnotes
Draft of chapter 2
“Tilghman Letters” Maryland Historical Magazine pp. 155-157

Chapter Three

Notecard clipped from the front of the original folder
Proof of footnotes
Draft of chapter three

Chapter Four

Proof of footnotes
Draft of chapter four
Handwritten notes
Three note cards
Two letters from John Frazer to LG Shreve:

From Annapolis, MD to unknown 10 November 1975
From Philadelphia, PA to unknown 7 February 1979

Advertisement for a book, from Jack 3 April 1976
Unmarked advertisement for a book
Three letters from Tench Tilghman to James Tilghman:

From Philadelphia, PA to Albany, NY 30 September 1768
From Philadelphia, PA to Fort Stanwix, Albany, NY 15 October 1768
From Philadelphia, PA to Albany, NY 29 October 1768

Americans of 1776 Schouler pp.74-77

Chapter Five

Two note cards
Proof of footnotes
Draft

Chapter Six

Notecard cut from the front of the original folder
Two photocopies of final draft
Draft
Half of a page of notes
Chancellor Robert L Livingston of New York Dangerfield pp 84-87,464-467
Victory at Yorktown Chidsey pp 42,43

Chapter Seven

One note card
Final draft - one typed copy and two photocopies
Three note cards
Letter from Tench Tilghman to Hon Major General Lord Stirting
Battle of Trenton McPhillips p 197
Three Would Be Generals p 21
Valley Forge pp192-195
Two pages of research on Valley Forge

Chapter Eight

Typed draft and two additional photocopies
Three sheets of notes
Robert Morris Shippen pp 180,181
unidentifiable p 133

Chapter Nine

Typed draft

Chapter Ten

Notecard cut from the front of the original folder
Typed draft unidentifiable pp 225-227
September 1780 pp 440-443
Diary of Jonathan Trumbull pp 332-337
Half page of notes
Writings of Washington Fitzpatrick pp 80,81,84,85,386,387
The Clinton Papers Adams p 24
Rochambeau Whitridge pp 196,197
Correspondence p 173
Alexander Hamilton and the Growth of the New Nation Miller pp 62,63,70-73
Notecard
Jefferson Papers Boyd p 654
“MD Cattle and Wheat Feed the Revolution” Novak Baltimore Sun 26 May 1976
Letters to Robert Morris pp 462-465
The Papers of Alexander Hamilton Syrett pp216,217
Five note cards
The French Forces in America Kennett pp 134-137
Writings on Washington Fitzpatrick pp 384,385
The British Navy in Adversity Wethersfield pp 282,283
Revolutionary Anecdotes McLane pp 80,81
Robert Morris pp 190,191
unidentifiable w/ attached note card p 115
unidentifiable pp 198-201
Hamilton I Henrickson p 316
Writings on Washington V . XXI Fitzpatrick pp 330,331
unidentifiable p 35
The Father Knickerbocker Rebels Wertenbaker pp 234-245
Diary of the American Revolution Moore pp 526-529
Mad Anthony and the New Nation Tucker pp 201-203
Two note cards
Writings on Washington Fitzpatrick pp16-19,162,163,403-411
A Pictorial History of the American Revolution Rupert & Furneaux pp 356-360

Chapter Eleven

Draft
Five sheets of notes
Mad Anthony and the New Nation Tucker pp 206,207
Unidentifiable pp 124,125
George Washington V . 5 Freeman pp 278,279
The Ride pp 50-53
unidentifiable Brown/Rice pp 61,62,314,315
Pamphlet- Souvenirs de L'independence Americaine dans les Chateaux Français

Chapter Twelve

Draft
Five sheets of notes
Harrison Papers V.4 pp 43,52,54
Subscriber register of Wills for Baltimore 15 June 1786
Memoirs of Colonel Elijah Stansbury pp 234-241
“Atmosphere of 200 Years Ago Prevails in Otterbein Church” Arnett Baltimore Sun 6 December 1974
Our Revolutionary Forefathers Chase pp 168-171
Writings on Washington Fitzpatrick pp 76,177,420-423
Half of a page of notes
Baltimore As Seen By Visitors Semmes pp 2,3
“Women's Civic League Gains Restoration Near Shot Tower” Rehert Baltimore Sun 13 January 1976
Merchant Congressmen in the New Republic Cassell pp 40-43

The New Nation

“Robert Morris and the ‘Art Magick’ ” Passos American Heritage October 1956
clipping from the Baltimore Sun 8 August 1979
transcript of excerpts from Washington's Lady Thane
George Washington V.5 Freeman pp 408,409
Writing excerpt “No. 5” Tench Tilghman Philadelphia 6 August 1782
The American Revolution Jameson pp 78-81
Continentalist p 10
The Extraordinary Mr. Morris Swiggert pp 96,97 (two copies)
Letter from Tench Tilghman, HQ to Matthew T., Talbot County December 1782
Maryland Historical Magazine V.XXV pp 366,367
Half page of notes
Continental Congresspp 190,191
A page of ads for various books
Revolutionary Anecdotes pp 28-39

Chapter Thirteen

Draft
Notes compiled by Mrs. Arthur N Starin
Letter from Tench Tilghman to General Lafayette 30 July 1825
Death notice of Anna Marie Tilghman
Letter from Robert Morris, Philadelphia, PA to Tench Tilghman and Co. Merchants 31 January 1786
In Pursuit of Profit Papenfuse pp 196-200
Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia Clark pp v-vii,421-428
Two sets of the property illustration from the book along with handwritten notes and a typed transcription
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, VA to Tench Tilghman 11 August 1784
Letter from Tench Tilghman, Baltimore, MD to George Washington 18 August 1784
Winterthur Portfolio #5 p 73
Unidentifiable pp 290-293
Letter from Robert Morris, Richmond, VA to Mrs. Tilghman Baltimore, MD 4 May 1788
Lafayette Between Two Revolutions pp 435, 436
Clipping of a photoprint obtained from the Maryland Room, Talbot County Free Library
Half of a page of notes
George Washington and Mount Vernon pp lxvi,lxvii,lxx,lxxi
Maryland Historical Magazine pp 20,21,30,31,222,223
Unidentifiable p 730
Writings of Washington Fitzpatrick pp 450,451
Postcard from Bayden Bttde, Gibson Island to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 23 July 1977
Letter from John Frazer Jr., Annapolis, MD to LG Shreve 1 July 1977

A Postscript to History

Draft

Appendices I-IV

Copy of Appendix I
Typed draft of calendar of correspondence with two photocopies
Copy of Appendix II
Copy of Appendix III with a photocopy
Two copies of Appendix IV

Box 21

This box contains a typed draft, annotated by hand, and a small box of notecards with bibliographic information.

Box 19

Research and Personal Correspondence Filed by Origin

American Philosophic Society

American Philosophical Society pamphlet
Notecard on Bache family 25 July 1976
Notes on location of useful correspondences

Mrs. John Nicholas Brown

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Mr Thomas Adams, Providence, RI 25 April 1978
Two letters from LG Shreve to Jeanette D Black:

Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 14 June 1978
Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 16 August 1978

Seven letters from LG Shreve to Mrs John Nicholas Brown:

Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 20 August 1974
Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 10 April 1978
Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 17 April 1978
Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 12 June 1978
Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 25 May 1982
Newport, RI to unknown 15 June 1982
Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 5 September 1982

Four letters from LG Shreve to Mr. Richard B Harrington:

Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 24 April 1978
Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 17 June 1978
Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 7 July 1978
Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 31 July 1978

Letter from Jeanette D Black, Providence, RI to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 25 May 1978
Seven letters from Mrs. John Nichols Brown to LG Shreve

Newport, RI to Baltimore, MD 18 October 1972
Providence, RI to unknown 26 October 1972
Newport, RI to Baltimore, MD 6 November 1972
Newport, RI to unknown 20 November 1972
Newport, RI to Baltimore, MD 20 November 1972
Newport, RI to Baltimore, MD 12 April 1978
Newport, RI to Baltimore, MD 18 May 1978

Four letters from Richard B Harrington to LG Shreve

Providence, RI to Baltimore, MD 13 April 1978
Providence, RI to Baltimore, MD 15 June 1978
Providence, RI to unknown 19 July 1978
Providence, RI to unknown 7 August 1978

Brown university photographic laboratory price list October 1976
Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Wilson Peale Sellers title page and entry on Tench Tilghman
Historich Genealogisher Calender oder Jahrbuch... title page and frontispiece
The American Campaigns of Rochambeau's Army, 1780-1783 Brown & Rice title page
German Illustrations of united States Uniforms, 1984 typed transcription taken from the Anne SK Brown Military Collection

Clements Library - University of Michigan

Five letters from LG Shreve to Douglas W. Marshall, Curator of Maps

Baltimore, MD to Ann Arbor, MI 5 March 1979
Unknown to unknown 11 August 1978
Baltimore, MD to Ann Arbor, MI 4 April 1979
Baltimore, MD to Ann Arbor, MI 25 May 1978
Baltimore, MD to Ann Arbor, MI 31 July 1978

Three letters from Douglas W Marshall, Curator of Maps to LG Shreve

Ann Arbor, MI to Baltimore, MD 8 August 1978
Ann Arbor, MI to Baltimore, MD 28 February 1979
Ann Arbor, MI to unknown 25 May

Letter from Barbara Mitchell, Assistant Curator, Ann Arbor, MI to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 19 May 1976
Receipt for slides from University of Michigan 5 May 1979
Copy of map of Plan de la Ville Rade

Commemorative Stamp Project

Two Letters from LG Shreve to Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr

Baltimore, MD to Washington DC 16 September 1976
Baltimore, MD to Washington DC 13 October 1976

Two letters from Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr to LG Shreve

Washington DC to Baltimore, MD 30 September 1976
Washington DC to Baltimore, MD 22 October 1976

Letter from Norman S Halliday, Assistant Postmaster General, Washington DC to Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. Washington DC 19 October 1976

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Dr Edward M Riley, Williamsburg, VA 14 July 1976
Letter from Edward M Riley, Williamsburg, VA to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 6 July 1976

Dr Jacob E Cooke (Tench Coxe)

Two letters from LG Shreve to Dr Jacob E Cooke

Baltimore, MD to Easton, PA 11 April 1975
Baltimore, MD to Easton, PA 18 June 1977

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC 20 April 1978
Two letters from Jacob E Cooke to LG Shreve

Easton, PA to Baltimore, MD 29 April 1975 (two copies)
Easton, PA to Baltimore, MD 23 June 1977

Notecard
Photocopy of a flyer for a talk on Tench Coxe by Jacob E Cooke with notes

Dr Brice M Dorsey

Two letters from LG Shreve to Brice M Dorsey

Baltimore, MD to Annapolis, MD 9 July 1975
Baltimore, MD to Annapolis, MD 18 June 1977

Ten letters from Brice to Bill

No addresses given 27 January 1975
No addresses given 5 February 1975
No addresses given 31 May 1975
No addresses given 15 September 1975
No addresses given 9 October 1975
No addresses given 20 January 1976
No addresses given 10 June 1976
No addresses given 28 June 1979
No addresses given 13 March 1981
No addresses given 18 May 1983

Letter from Tench Tilghman, Annapolis, MD to Matthew Tilghman Esq, Talbot County 22 February 1785 (Photostat and transcription)
Tidewater Times October 1975 index and pp 133-155
Photocopied ad sheet- ad for Family Coat of Arms circled
Half page of handwritten notes

Frick Art Reference Library

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to John Goldsborough Earle, Esq, Easton, MD 26 January 1982
Two letters from LG Shreve to Frick Art Reference Library
Baltimore, MD to New York, NY 11 May 1982
Baltimore, MD to New York, NY 21 May 1982
Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Richard Tilghman Smyth Esq, Wolcott, VT 14 December 1981
Letter from Richard T Smyth, unknown to LG Shreve, unknown 11 January 1982
Letter from Richard T Smyth, Wolcott, VT to Frick Art Reference Library, New York, NY 11 January 1982

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 10 December 1981
Letter from LG Shreve, unknown to Dr Oedel, unknown 8 January 1982
Two letters from LG Shreve to Dr Nicholas B Wainright

From Baltimore, MD to Philadelphia, PA 26 July 1974
From Baltimore, MD to Philadelphia, PA 2 February 1976

Letter from Dr William T Oedel, Philadelphia, PA to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 28 December 1981
Letter from Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA to LG Shreve, unknown unknown date
Bill from the Historical Society of PA to LG Shreve for black and white illumination hand bill 1 April 1976
Request cards: one filled out and seven left blank
Historical Society of PA handbill with organization information
Flyer from talk by John L Cotter on Unearthing the Real Jamestown
Photostat of the Illumination photo included in the book
William Tilghman Papers collection information

Huntington Library

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to The Director of Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA 29 January 1974
Letter from Bruce Henry, San Marino, CA to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 6 August 1974
Blank request form for Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Research photocopies - footnotes circled

Jocelyn Kennedy (Mrs Richard L)

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Mrs Richard L Kennedy, Lake Forest, IL 18 June 1978
Notes on American War of Independence 1775-1781 and War with France and Spain 1778-1783 part I Wells
Notes on American War of Independence 1775-1781 and War with France 1778-1783, Spain 1779-1783, Holland 1780-1783 part II Wells
Notes on American War of Independence the Last Actions with the French 1782-1783 part III Wells
List of the National Maritime Museum Color Slides Sets
Official Souvenir Program - Washington - Rochambeau Celebration

Richard M Ketchum

Four letters from LG Shreve to Robert M Ketchum

From Baltimore, MD to New York, NY 19 June 1974
From Baltimore, MD to Dorset, VT 5 July 1974
From Baltimore, MD to Dorset, VT 4 April 1978
From Baltimore, MD to Manchester Center, VT 25 April 1978

Three letters from Richard Ketchum to LG Shreve

From Dorset, VT to Baltimore, MD 12 July 1974
From Dorset, VT to Baltimore, MD 25 June 1974
From Manchester Center, VT to Baltimore, MD 20 April 1978

Lafayette Papers - de Chumbrun

Two letters from LG Shreve to Comte René de Chumbrun

From Baltimore, MD to Paris, France 17 December 1975
From Baltimore, MD to Paris, France 29 January 1975

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Dr John Eager Howard, Lutherville, MD 2 December 1975
Three letters from LG Shreve to Mrs Linda J Pike

From Baltimore, MD to Ithaca, NY 16 April 1975
From Baltimore, MD to Ithaca, NY 5 December 1975
From Baltimore, MD to Ithaca, NY 11 March 1976

Letter from P William Filby, Baltimore, MD to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 5 February 1975
Two letters from Linda J Pike to LG Shreve

From Ithaca, NY to Baltimore, MD 4 February 1975
From Ithaca, NY to Baltimore, MD 25 February 1976

Letter from William Carmichael, NYS to Tench Tilghman, Philadelphia, PA 1 January 1902 (two copies)
Letter from Lafayette, LaGrange to Colonel John E Howard, Baltimore, MD 28 July 1827 (three copies)

Library Co. of Philadelphia

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Librarian - Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 11 February 1976
Two letters from LG Shreve to Mr Robert G Stewart

From Baltimore, MD to Washington, DC 3 May 1975
From Baltimore, MD to Washington, DC 12 May 1975

Letter from Alexis D Henry, Philadelphia, PA to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 24 February 1976
Two letters from Robert G Stewart to LG Shreve

From Washington, DC to Baltimore, MD 7 May 1975
From Washington, DC to unknown, date unknown

Copy of the title page of A Candid of the Mutual Claims of Great Britain and the Colonies with a Plan of Accommodation, on Constitutional Principals Unknown pp 46,47

Maine Historical Society

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Mr Thomas L Gaffney, Portland, ME 26 March 1975 (two copies)
Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Mr Gerlad E Morris, Portland, ME 25 January 1975
Letter from Thomas L Gaffney, Portland, ME to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 11 February 1975 (two copies)
Letter from Tench Tilghman, HQ to unknown 28 November 1782
Letter from Col Gouvion, Paris to General, unknown 4,5 November 1787
Journal entry of Col Gouvion 1787

Mellon Library Upperville, VA

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Paul Mellon, Esq, Upperville, VA 27 December 1974
Three letters from LG Shreve to Mrs O T Thompson

From Baltimore, MD to Upperville, VA 10 January 1975
From Baltimore, MD to Upperville, VA 5 April 1975
From Baltimore, MD to Upperville, VA 18 May 1981

Three letters from Mary Ann Thompson to LG Shreve
From Upperville, VA to Baltimore, MD 2 January 1975
From Upperville, VA to Baltimore, MD 15 January 1975
From Upperville, VA to Baltimore, MD 14 April 1975
Letter in envelope from Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA to Mr Shreve, unknown 23 May 1981
Receipt for domestic insured parcel for Upperville, VA - liquid 5 April 1975

Mount Vernon Ladies Association

Two letters from LG Shreve to Mr John A Castellani
From Baltimore, MD to Mount Vernon, VA 6 October 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Mount Vernon, VA 3 November 1976
Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Miss Ellen McCallister, Mount Vernon, VA 9 July 1976
Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Mr Charles C Wall, Mount Vernon, VA 2 December 1975
Letter from John A Castellani, Mount Vernon, VA to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 5 November 1976
Two letters from Ellen McCallister to LG Shreve

From Mount Vernon, VA to Baltimore, MD 5 December 1975
From Mount Vernon, VA to Baltimore, MD 29 June 1976

National Park Service Yorktown

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Mr Gary E Everhardt, Washington, DC 24 April 1973
Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Mr James N Haskett, Yorktown, VA 12 May 1978
Four letters from LG Shreve to Mr James R Sullivan

From Baltimore, MD to Yorktown, VA 26 November 1975 (two copies)
From Baltimore, MD to Yorktown, VA 4 March 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Yorktown, VA 31 March 1976 (two copies)
From Baltimore, MD to Yorktown, VA 18 April 1978

Letter from James N Haskett, Yorktown, VA to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 4 May 1978
Letter from Harry W Pfanz, Washington, DC to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD unknown date (two copies)
Letter from Romaine S Somerville, Baltimore, MD to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 22 April 1975
Four letters from James R Sullivan to LG Shreve

From Yorktown, VA to Baltimore, MD 13 June 1975
From Yorktown, VA to Baltimore, MD 4 December 1975
From Yorktown, VA to Baltimore, MD 1 March 1976
From Yorktown, VA to Baltimore, MD 7 April 1976 (two copies)

Business card from James N Haskett Chief Park Historian
Painting receipt from the Colonial National Historical Park 5 June 1976
Daughters of Cincinnati schedule 17-19 October 1975
Note card
handwritten notes on torn notebook paper

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

Two letters from LG Shreve to Mr Frank H Goodyear

From Baltimore, MD to Philadelphia, PA 9 January 1975
From Baltimore, MD to Philadelphia, PA 11 December 1981

Letter from Louise W Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 16 January 1975
Copy of portrait of Tench Tilghman

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Dr Sylvester K Stevens, Harrisburg, PA 1 May 1975
Letter from Harry E Whipkey, Harrisburg, PA to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 9 May 1975
Notecard
Index of microfilm numbers of the Robert Morris papers collection
Index of the Robert Morris collection

Rhode Island Historical Society

Two letters from LG Shreve to Mr Richard K Showman

From Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 27 March 1975
From Baltimore, MD to Providence, RI 9 April 1975

Letter from Richard K Showman, Providence, RI to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 24 February 1975
List of Tench Tilghman's correspondences
Copy of an ad for The Papers of General Nathaniel Greene

Joseph Rubinfine

Four letters from LG Shreve to Mr Joseph Rubinfine

From Baltimore, MD to Pleasantville, NJ 27 December 1975
unknown 7 January 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Pleasantville, NJ 7 June 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Pleasantville, NJ 3 December 1981

Receipt for LG Shreve from Ruth Rubinfine 29 December 1975
Receipt for LG Shreve from Joseph Rubinfine 3 June 1976
Receipt for LG Shreve from Rubinfine 9 June 1976
Two postal receipts
Advertisement listing for a letter written by Tench Tilghman
Copy of a debt paid signed by Tench Tilghman 19 March 1762
Five Rubinfine catalogs of autographs from historical America

Eleanor Shannahan

Seven letters from LG Shreve to Eleanor Shannahan (Milutinovich)

From Baltimore, MD to Arlington, VA 25 March 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Arlington, VA 20 June 1977
From Baltimore, MD to Arlington, VA 27 February 1978 (name change to S)
From Baltimore, MD to Arlington, VA 23 April 1978
From unknown to Arlington, VA 15 July 1978
From Baltimore, MD to Arlington, VA 16 August 1978
From Baltimore, MD to Arlington, VA date unknown

Four letters from Eleanor Shannahan (Milutinovich) to Colonel LG Shreve

From Arlington, VA to Baltimore, MD 23 March 1976
From Washington, DC to Baltimore, MD 17 April 1978 (name change to S)
Unknown 11 July
Unknown 11 July

Receipt from National Geographic Society

Swem Library - William and Mary

Two letters from LG Shreve to Mrs Skelton

From Baltimore, MD to Williamsburg, VA 8 June 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Williamsburg, VA 22 June 1976

Two letters from Mrs Dortha H Skelton to LG Shreve

From Williamsburg, VA to Baltimore, MD 8 July 1976
From Williamsburg, VA to Baltimore, MD 8 July 1977

Copy of map of William and Mary campus

Talbot County Free Library

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore MD to Mr. Norman Harrington, Easton, MD 1 May 1976
Four letters from LG Shreve to Mrs Arthur N Starin

From Baltimore, MD to Easton, MD 19 March 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Easton, MD 16 April 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Easton, MD 30 April 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Easton, MD 7 July 1976

Letter from Elizabeth C Carroll, Easton, MD to Colonel LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 29 June 1976
Five letters from Mary M Starin to Levin G Shreve
From Easton, MD to Baltimore, MD 16 January 1976
From Easton, MD to Baltimore, MD 27 January 1976
From Easton, MD to Baltimore, MD 23 March 1976
From Easton, MD to Baltimore, MD 22 June 1976
From Easton, MD to Baltimore, MD 13 July 1976
Note card
Pamphlet from the Historical Society of Talbot County
Clipping of sale of a painting that includes Tench Tilghman (also two copies)

Dr. Tench F. Tilghman

Ten letters from LG Shreve to Dr. Tench Francis Tilghman

From Baltimore, MD to Blacksburg, VA 29 July 1974
From Baltimore, MD to unknown 17 August 1974
From Baltimore, MD to Blacksburg, VA 22 November 1974
From Baltimore, MD to Blacksburg, VA 9 August 1975
From Baltimore, MD to Blacksburg, VA 6 April 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Blacksburg, VA 21 April 1977
From Baltimore, MD to Blacksburg, VA 18 October 1977
From Baltimore, MD to Blacksburg, VA 23 January 1978
From Baltimore, MD to Blacksburg, VA 25 February 1978
From Baltimore, MD to Blacksburg, VA 28 April 1981

Ten letters from Tench to Bill

From Blacksburg, VA to unknown 30 January 1962
From Blacksburg, VA to unknown 4 December 1962
Unknown 2 August 1974
Unknown 2 October 1974
From Blacksburg, VA to unknown 10 December 1974
From Blacksburg, VA to unknown 14 August 1975
From Blacksburg, VA to unknown 26 April 1977
From Blacksburg, VA to unknown 10 November 1977
From Blacksburg, VA to unknown 14 February 1978
From Blacksburg, VA to unknown 1 May 1981

Postcard from TFT to LGS postmarked 7 February 1975
Postal receipt
Unknown p 15 titled Lieut. Colonel Tench Tilghman

University of Pennsylvania

Two letters from LG Shreve to Mr Francis James Dallet

From Baltimore, MD to Philadelphia, PA 15 May 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Philadelphia, PA 21 August 1976

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Mr William Gordon, Philadelphia, PA 9 April 1976
Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Mr George W Pepper, Philadelphia, PA 15 May 1976
Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Dr Arnold Thackary, Philadelphia, PA 22 September 1976
Three letters from Francis James Dallet to LG Shreve

From Philadelphia, PA to Baltimore, MD 3 May 1976
From Philadelphia, PA to Baltimore, MD 10 May 1976
From Philadelphia, PA to Baltimore, MD 2 September 1976

Letter from George W Pepper, Philadelphia, PA to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 19 April 1976
Copy of Mrs EF Smith Dies Philadelphia Enquirer 9 August 1953

Valley Forge Historical Society

Six letters from LG Shreve to Mr John F Reed

From Baltimore, MD to Valley Forge, PA 8 May 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Valley Forge, PA 15 May 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Valley Forge, PA 30 July 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Valley Forge, PA 25 August 1976
From Baltimore, MD to King of Prussia, PA 15 August 1978
Unknown 22 August 1978

Five letters from John F Reed to LG Shreve

King of Prussia, PA to Baltimore, MD 4 May 1976
King of Prussia, PA to Baltimore, MD 11 May 1976
King of Prussia, PA to Baltimore, MD 29 July 1976
King of Prussia, PA to unknown 4 August 1976
King of Prussia, PA to Baltimore, MD 18 August 1978

Note card
Typed list of available Tench Tilghman materials

Ronald von Klaussen

Four letters from LG Shreve to Mr Ronald von Klaussen

From Baltimore, MD to New York, NY 16 July 1976
From Baltimore, MD to New York, NY 29 July 1976
From Baltimore, MD to New York, NY 17 December 1976
From Baltimore, MD to New York, NY 25 April 1977

Three letters from R von Klaussen to Mr Shreve

Unknown 19 July 1976
Unknown 13 December 1976
Unknown 28 April 1977

Papers of Josiah Bartlett sent from Frank C Mevers, Concord NH to Mr Ronald von Klaussen, New York, NY 22 August 1975

Yale University Art Gallery

Three letters from LG Shreve to Ms Jan Krieger

From Baltimore, MD to New Haven, CT 12 May 1978
From Baltimore, MD to New Haven, CT 16 June 1978
From Baltimore, MD to New Haven, CT 6 July 1978

Four letters from LG Shreve to Ms Lynn Silkman

From Baltimore, MD to New Haven, CT 6 February 1976
From Baltimore, MD to New Haven, CT 17 March 1976
From Baltimore, MD to New Haven, CT 6 April 1976
From Baltimore, MD to New Haven, CT 20 April 1978

Two letters from LG Shreve to Ms Fronia E Wissman

From Baltimore, MD to New Haven, CT 27 July 1978
From Baltimore, MD to New Haven, CT unknown date

Four letters from LG Shreve to Yale University Art Gallery

From Baltimore, MD to New Haven, CT 27 December 1977
From Baltimore, MD to New Haven, CT 17 June 1978
From Baltimore, MD to New Haven, CT 8 January 1982
From Baltimore, MD to New Haven, CT 11 May 1982

Letter from Jane Krieger, New Haven, CT to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 9 May 1978
Letter from Caroline Rollins , New Haven, CT to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 22 August 1975
Four letters from Lynne Silkman to LG Shreve

From New Haven, CT to Baltimore, MD 13 February 1976
From New Haven, CT to Baltimore, MD 24 March 1976
From New Haven, CT to Baltimore, MD 12 April 1976
From New Haven, CT to Baltimore, MD 14 July 1978

Two receipts: 7 September 1978 and 25 September 1978
Postcard from Fronia E Wissman to Mr. Shreve 25 September 1978
Copy of postage rates
Notecard
List of available slides

Bibliography

Three copies of draft
Three pages of notes

Chapter Notes

Copy of final draft
Draft of chapters 1-5 with numerous corrections
Completed draft

Illustrations

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Mr P William Filby, Baltimore, MD 9 June 1976
Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Ms Tina Freeman New Orleans, LA 20 June 1982
Three letters from LG Shreve to Mr William A Lockwood

From Baltimore, MD to Centreville, MD 13 May 1982
From Baltimore, MD to Centreville, MD 8 June 1982
From Baltimore, MD to Centreville, MD 12 June 1982

Letter from LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 9 December 1981
Two letters from Dr William Filby to LG Shreve

From Baltimore, MD to Baltimore, MD 11 June 1976
From Baltimore, MD to Baltimore, MD 22 March 1978

Letter from Miss Helen Sanger, New York, NY to LG Shreve Baltimore, MD 27 May 1982
Two letters from Will to Bill

Centreville, MD to unknown 25 May 1982
Centreville, MD to Baltimore, MD 13 May 1982

Bill from the Maryland Historical Society's graphics department 5 May 1976
Form from New Orleans Museum of Art for usage permission 28 January 1982
Bill from metropolitan Museum of Art 25 January 1982
Application for usage permission from Yale University Art Gallery 1 February 1982
Interdepartmental memo from Will Lockwood to Bill Shreve 13 May 1982
Application for usage permission from Yale University Art Gallery 18 May 1982
Two note cards
Four copies of the genealogy chart from the book
Proof page with previous works by Shreve
Revere Relays Words of War Eleanor Milutinovich
Two pages of Maryland maps
Capture of the Hessians at Trenton Eleanor Milutinovich
Draft - tentative list of illustrations
Draft - open items Tench Tilghman / illustrations
Handwritten draft of pictures to be included
Draft of tentative list of illustrations (two copies)
Two copies of the Illumination illustration from the book
Anna Maria Tilghman illustration
Tench Francis illustration
Illustration of Tench Tilghman's uniform (two copies)
Illustration of Anne Francis Tilghman
Two unidentifiable blueprints
Half page of notes

Box 20

Letters written by Tench Tilghman part one

Four letters from Tench Tilghman to Robert Morris

From Valley Forge to Manheim, York April 1778
From New Windsor to Philadelphia 22 December 1780
From New Windsor to unknown June 1781
From New Windsor to Philadelphia 24 June 1781

Ten letters from Tench Tilghman to Royal Flint

From HQ to Camp 24 August 1778
From HQ to Camp 3 September 1778
From HQ to New Windsor 11 November 1779
From HQ to unknown 5 September 1778
From unknown to unknown 16 September 1778
From HQ to unknown 5 September 1778
From HQ to Camp 29 October 1778
From HQ to Frederick, NY 31 October 1778
From HQ to Camp 19 December 1778
From unknown to unknown 14 January 1780

Four letters from Tench Tilghman to Jeremiah Wadsworth

From HQ, White Plains to unknown 2 August 1778
From unknown to unknown 17 November 17 1778

Letters written by Tench Tilghman part two

Four letters from Tench Tilghman to Jeremiah Wadsworth (cont.)

From unknown to Fredricksburg 20 November 1778
From HQ to unknown 8 January 1780

Two letters from Tench Tilghman to Joseph Trumbull

From HQ to unknown 12 September 1776
From HQ to unknown 13 July 1777

Two letters from Tench Tilghman to Colonel Clement Biddle

From HQ to illegible January 1778
From HQ to unknown 5 March 1778

Letter from Tench Tilghman, Valley Forge to Colonel Stephen Moyler, unknown 27 April 1778
Two letters from Tench Tilghman to Colonel Varrick

From HQ to Poughkepsie 21 July 1781
From HQ to Poughkepsie 21 July 1781

Letter from Tench Tilghman, HQ to Colonel Burr, unknown 20 January 1778
Letter from Tench Tilghman, unknown to Jeammell, unknown Thursday
Letter from Tench Tilghman, Valley Forge to Colonel Maylan, unknown 29 April 1778
Letter from Tench Tilghman, Valley Forge to W John Chatter, unknown January-June 1778
Letter from Tench Tilghman, HQ to Elias Boudinoh, unknown 23 April 1778
Letter from Tench Tilghman, unknown to Robert Purianci, unknown Monday January 4
Letter from Tench Tilghman, unknown to unknown Sunday Morning

Letters written by the Tilghman family

Letter from Eden Tilghman, Philadelphia to LeRoy Bay and Yill Evers, New York 27 August 1804
Letter from Mrs peregrine Tilghman, Hope to Dr. Cousins, unknown 28 September 1883
Letter from William Tilghman, Channel St to Edward S Rund, Walnut St March 23
Section of a journal by William Tilghman - birthday reflections

Tilghman reunion

"Tench Tilghman, Liberty's Rider, Home at Last" Kreiner Baltimore Sun 30 November 1971
"Tilghman's Bones Moved" Lewthwaite Baltimore Sun 30 November 1971 (two copies)
"Tilghman Removal Illegal" Baltimore Sun 1 December 1971 (two copies)
"Tench Tilghman, Washington's Aide, Reburied" Corddry Baltimore Sun 1 December 1971
"Tench Tilghman Returns to Talbot County" Giles Star Democrat 1 December 1971
Eastern Shore Churchman December 1971
"Historical Society to Open Exhibit on Tilghman Family" Star Democrat 27 September 1972
"Tench Tilghman Returns to Talbot" Giles Tidewater Times January 1972
"Talbot County Salutes the Tilghmans" Harrington News American 1 October 1972
Letter from John Frazer, Jr, unknown to Mr William H Norris, Easton, MD 3 January 1971
Program for reunion
List of reunion attendees
Flyer for the Tilghman family exhibit
Notecard 14 November 1977

Quarrel between Washington and Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton pp 102,103
Beat the Last Drum Fleming pp 202,203
Hamilton I Hendrickson pp 307-311
Letters to Robert Morris pp 454-459
Washington's Lady Thane pp 216-219
Request slip
Three note cards

Tilghman calendar of events

Early draft of the timeline
Second draft (two copies)
Four copies of the final draft
Corrected copy of the timeline
"Principal Events of the American Revolution"
National Register Sons of the American Revolution pp 95-100
Two note cards
Letter from Brice, unknown to Bill, unknown 1 December 1975

Miscellaneous

Two letters from Gordon Banks to John Frazier Jr

From Boston, MA to Philadelphia, PA 5 July 1956
From Boston, MA to New York, NY 16 July 1956

Letter from John Frazier, Annapolis, MD to Bill, unknown 27 February 1978
Letter from Jack F Hastiy, New Station, PA to Bill, unknown 13 August 1976
Rules sheet for the Western Reserve Historical Society Library 13 August 1976
In Revolutionary Days Tilghman & Duff - three pages
Index of letters from Ms Index, Connecticut Historical Society 25 January 1975
Half page of notes
Ad for Van Courtland Family Papers ed Jacob Judd
Colonel Tench Tilghman's Revolutionary Correspondence photocopied fragment
Washington and Tilghman Correspondence Henkles - 2 pages
Copy of a flyer about the surrender of Cornwallis
Revolutionary Manuscripts and Portraits ed John F Reed title page
Plastic sleeve

Information on Tilghman correspondence

Two letters from Godspeed's Bookshop to Mr John Frazer Jr

From Boston, MA to New York, NY 5 July 1956
From Boston, MA to New York, NY 16 July 1956

Two letters from Jack to Bill

From New Stanton, PA to unknown 13 August 1976
From Annapolis, MD to unknown 27 February 1978

Policy sheet for Western Reserve University 13 August 1976
In Revolutionary Days Tilghman -Duer letters - three pages
Index to the letters of the Connecticut Historical Society - two pages
Ad for Van Cortland Family Papers
Half page of notes
John F Reed collection catalog pp 124-133
Washington and Tilghman Correspondence Henkles-frontispiece and title page
Copy of the "Illumination" illustration from the book

Battle of Monmouth and the court-martial of Shreve

Half page of notes
Washington and Lee at Monmouth Thayer pp 52,53
George Washington V 5 Freeman pp 26-31
Information on the Battle of Monmouth - one page
Mad Anthony Wayne and the New Nation Tucker pp 126-129
Charles Carroll of Carrolton Smith pp 180-183
"A Tour of 10 Scenes of Battle" New York Times Sunday 4 July 1976
Mad Anthony Wayne and the New Nation Tucker pp 114,115
The American Revolution Trevelyan pp 158,159
Alexander Hamilton and the Growth of the New Nation Miller pp 30-33
The Lee Papers New York Historical Society pp 79-82
Information on Washington and His Generals V 2 Headly
George Washington Freeman pp 374-38
The Battle of Monmouth New Jersey's Revolutionary Samuel S Smith pamphlet

Tilghman's arrival in Philadelphia

Continental Congress pp 250, 251
Sellers: Art of Charles Wilson Peale pp 16,17 trans. amer. phil. soc. V 59 pt 3, 1969
Diary of Independence Hall Eberlein and Hubbard pp 280-287
Journals of Congress ed Hunt pp 1070-1073,1082,1083
Note card
Pp 103-105 Pennsylvania magazine of History and Biology Vol. XVI
Turncoats, Traitors and Heroes Bakeless p 344
Note card
The Great Man Snigger pp 298,299
Note card
Hamilton I Hendrickson pp 358-359
P 651 Archives of Maryland Vol 45

Life, duties, aides-de-camp

Note card
Unknown V 14 pp 432,433
Five and a half pages of notes
Writings of Washington Fitzpatrick pp248,249
Unknown V II Byrett pp184,185
A Few of Hamilton's Letters ed Atherton title page and frontispiece
Half of a page of notes
Unknown V 2 Byrett pp 34-39
Writings of Washington Fitzpatrick pp 428-431
George Washington Hughes pp 108-115
Heritage from Hamilton Mitchell p 9
Note card
Hamilton I Hendrickson pp 121-124
Alexander Hamilton and the Growth of the New Nation
Miller - hand copied portions of the book
Alexander Hamilton and the Growth of the New Nation Miller pp 22,23
Writings of Washington Fitzpatrick pp xlii-lii
Note card
Washington Sawyer pp 378,379
Washington's Headquarters Ives pp 218,291
Alexander Hamilton pp 106,107
Washington Hughes p 605
Writings of Washington Fitzpatrick pp xliv, xlv
Battle for Manhattan Bliren pp 70, 71
Life of the Aides pp 36,37
George Washington in the American Revolution Flexner pp 412,413
Spirit of the Revolution Fitzpatrick pp 60-81
Aides-de-Camp part II hand copied section of the book
Two note cards
Aides pp 181-184
Continental Congress p 90

Arnold's treason

The Life and Treason of Benedict Arnold Sparks pp 152-161
The Spirit of '76 Commanger pp 756-759
The American Revolution and the British Press Lutwick pp 166-169
Arnold's Treason (chapter heading) pp 34-43
The Revolutionary War and the Military Policy of the US Greene pp 168-171
Royal Raiders- the Tories of the American Revolution Callahan pp 236,237
Note card
Love pp 252,253
The Real Benedict Todd pp 212-215
"Arnold's Treason Blamed on Character Flaws" Baltimore Sun 2 June 1976
Full page of notes
Men, Women and Manners in Colonial Times Fisher p 295
Legends of the American Revolution Lippard pp 196-199
Life of Major André Sargent pp 450-453
Letters and Papers on the Provincial History of Pennsylvania Balch pp xl-lxvii
I, Benedict Arnold Lengyel pp 226-229
Traitorous Hero Wallace pp 288-291,308,309,336,337
Note card
American Biographies Wheeler p 929
Dictionary of American History Vol I Scribner's 1940 p 199
Victory at Yorktown Chidsey pp 36,37,46,47
Clermont-Creve Coeur Journal pp24,41
The Clinton Papers p 23
Notes
George Washington's Generals Billias pp 186,187
Life of Major André Sargent pp 150,151

Morristown 1779-1780

Treason and Triumph pp 192,193
Letter from Tench Tilghman, HQ to W Flint at M Dunham's 16 December 1779
Writings of Washington Fitzpatrick pp 372,374-377,451
Memoirs Grayden pp 276,277
Hamilton I Hendrickson pp 131,251,252
Morristown Boutner pp 246-248
Pictorial Field - Book of the Revolution Lossing pp 309,310
"MD Cattle and Wheat Feed the Revolution" unidentifiable newspaper clipping
"The Worst Winter of All" Horace Sutton Baltimore Sun 15 February 1976
Morristown pamphlet from National Historic Park, NJ

Miscellaneous II

Four note cards
Notes on Gottschalk p 138
"Tench Coxe: Tory Merchant" Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biology V 96 p 48
Two note cards
Papers in the Case of Silas Deane pp 116-123
Jacob E Cook pp 84,85
The Clinton Papers p 16
Robert Morris Shippen pp 178, 179
Valley Forge pp 168,169,178-181
Life of Major Andre Sargent pp 144-147
Lafayette Comes to America Gottschalk pp 162-165
"Carmichael, William" Dictionary of American Biography v III
Unknown Chapter Eight "A Call Before the Storm" pp 76,77
Diary of the American Revolution Moore pp 282,283
Writings of Washington Vol 26 Fitzpatrick pp 258,359
Nathaniel Greene - Strategist of the American Revolution 1775-1783 Alden pp 152,199
Robert Morris pp 176,177
The American Revolution 1775-1783 Alden pp 112,113,126-129
Mad Anthony Wayne and the New Nation Tucker pp 106,107
Pictorial Field Book of the American Revolution Lossing pp 306,307,321,322
Hamilton I Hendrickson pp104,126,142
From Lexington to Liberty Lancaster p 292
Scharf's History of Maryland Vol II p 309
Writings of Washington Vol 39 ed Fitzpatrick pp 670,671
Father Knickerbocker Rebels Wertenbaker pp vii,viii
Battle for Manhattan Bliver pp 100,101
The Battle of Harlem Plains pp 362,262,254-357
The Campaign of Princeton Bill pp 38-43, 56-59
The Life and Correspondence of General Joseph Reed Reed pp 236-239
The Knickerbocker Rebels Wertenbaker pp 98-103
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biology p 47
The Struggle for American Independence v 1 Fisher pp 522,523
Periodic Literature on the American Revolution Gephart p 2
Maryland and North Carolina in the Campaign of 1780-1781 Davis pp 12-15
Maryland Historical Magazine Vol XLII June 1947 number 2 pp 71-77 Bast
The Life and Correspondence of General Joseph Reed Reed pp 231,232
From Lexington to Liberty Lancaster pp 223,224
George Washington - Colonial Traveler 1732-1775 Fitzpatrick typed partial transcription
Transcript of The Don Spatz Show # 2513 17 June 1976
"The True Story of Nathan ("The Torch") Hale: No Wonder They Hanged Him" Fleming New York Magazine 14 July 1975
Letter from Don Spatz, Baltimore, MD to LG Shreve, Baltimore, MD 7 June 1976
What Happened at Valley Forge pamphlet from the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution
Cincinnati Fourteen pamphlet December 1981