Tilghman, Matthew Military commission
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02471.40 Author/Creator: Tilghman, Matthew Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 1776/01/03 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy
[Continental Congress members]
TILGHMAN, Matthew, (1718-1790), Delegate from Maryland; justice of the peace for Talbot County; member of the Maryland House of Delegates 1751-1777, serving as speaker 1773-1775; president of the Revolutionary convention that directed the affairs of the colony 1774-1777; member of the committee appointed to draw up the protest against the Stamp Act; chairman of the committee of correspondence in 1774; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1776; was summoned from his seat in Congress to attend the convention at Annapolis, Md., convening June 21, 1776, and served as president of that body; chairman of the committee of safety in 1775; chairman of the committee which prepared the constitution for the State of Maryland; elected as a member of the State senate in 1777; reelected, but resigned before the expiration of his term; was an extensive land owner and engaged in planting. (excerpted from bioguide.congress.gov)
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