Lot 255
Tilghman, James (1716-1793), Maryland and Pennsylvania attorney, member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council (1767) Autograph Document Signed, one page, 7¼ x 9, Centreville, Md., November 10, 1792. Sworn deposition taken by Tilghman of one Anne Emory regarding the estate of her late husband John Register Emory, boldly signed with flourishes "Ja Tilghman, Ch. Just. 2nd Dist." Fine condition, tipped to backing sheet with several repaired splits, accompanied by an engraved portrait.
Estimate 150 - 200
Despite the fact that Tilghman called for the repeal of the Acts of Parliament against which the American Colonists rebelled, he could not bring himself to support independence and strongly protested the Boston Tea Party. He was therefore considered a loyalist and in 1777 he was arrested by Pennsylvania authorities and imprisoned until 1778 when he was paroled to his estate on Maryland’s eastern shore.
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