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| | James Tilghman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | TILGHMAN, James, lawyer, born at the Hermitage, his family-seat, on Chester river, Maryland, 6 December, 1716; died in Chestertown, Maryland, 24 August, 1793. |
 | | He was the grandson of Richard Tilghman, an eminent surgeon of London, who was one of those that petitioned for the life of King Charles I, and who emigrated to Maryland in 1660 and settled the Hermitage, which has ever since remained in the possession of his descendants. |
 | | General Tilghman was for many years at the head of the Maryland Society of the Cincinnati, and at his death he was also treasurer-general of the order in the United States. |
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