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I am placed in as delicate a situation as it is possible for a man to be. I am, from my station, a master of the most valuable secrets of the
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put out a letter requesting 24 hours must be granted to the commissioners to settle terms of capitulation of the posts of York and
Gloster. The General answered that only two hours would be allowed for him to send out his terms. He accordingly sent them out generally as follows, that the Garrisons
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As there were few men for whom I had a warmer friendship, or greater regard than for your
Brother—Colonel Tilghman—when living; so, with much truth I can assure you, that, there are none whose death I could more sincerely have regretted. and I pray you, & his numerous friends to permit me to
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Till your letter of the 28th arrived which is the first from you and the only direct account of you since we departed at
Philadelphia, we have various conjectures about you. Some thought you were dead—others that you were married—and all that you have forgot us. Your letter is not a more evident
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should be prisoners of war, the German and
British soldiers to be sent to England and Germany. The General answered on the 18th that the terms of sending the troops to England and Germany were inadmissible. Lord Cornwallis closed with all the terms except the same honors granted at Charlestown.
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contradiction of the first and last of these suppositions than it is a tacit conformation of the second and as none can wish you greater success in the prosecution of the plan you are upon than I do...you have no friend who wishes more to see you than I do.
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and an elegant sword in testimony of their high opinion of his merit and ability." Tilghman's ride from
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George Washington's Indispensable Men: Alexander Hamilton, Tench Tilghman, and the Aides-de-Camp Who Helped Win American Independence
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O'Dea, Merle, "Growing Pains: Tench Tilghman vs. Paul Revere," April 18, 1941, The Easton Star-Democrat.
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Colonel Hamilton and Colonel Burr: The Revolutionary War Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
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company commanded by Sharpe Dulaney. The company was integrated into the
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French military men who had joined the revolutionary cause
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