Doctor Johnson to Mr. Tilghman, 1790 December 28

The Tilghman Family Papers are divided into ten series. Series I comprises the correspondence, records, and other materials relating to the most prominent and prolific writers among the Tilghmans in the collection, each of whom makes up a subseries (e.g. Subseries B: Papers of Edward Tilghman, Jr.). The last subseries in Series I, "Miscellaneous Tilghman Family Documents," contains the documents of other, less well represented Tilghmans. Series II contains Tilghman family genealogical materials. Those records pertaining to "The Hermitage" comprise Series III; ephemera Series IV; and photographs, Series V. Families related to the Tilghmans, specifically the Chew, Lawrence and Allen, and Penn families, each make up their own series (Series VI-VIII). An "Allied Families" series, Series IX, houses the extended kin of those families related to the Tilghmans and their relations whose documents are too few to warrant individual groupings. The last group, Series X, consists of land records.

Series I: Papers of the Tilghman Family Subseries A: Edward Tilghman (I) [Box 1; Flat Box A] Subseries B: Edward Tilghman, Jr. (II) [Boxes 2-6; Flat Boxes B & C] Subseries C: James Tilghman (including his son and two nephews, all James') [Boxes 7-9; Flat Boxes D-G] Subseries D: Richard "East India Dick" Tilghman [Boxes 9-10; Flat Boxes H & J] Subseries E: William Tilghman (II, 1756-1827) [Boxes 11-16; Flat Box J] Subseries F: Correspondence of Benjamin Chew Tilghman II & Richard A. Tilghman [Boxes 16-19] Subseries G: Papers of Benjamin Chew Tilghman II [Box 20] Subseries H: Papers of Richard A. Tilghman [Box 21] Subseries I: Miscellaneous Tilghman Family Documents (including Tench (1744-1786),Matthew (1717-1790), Benjamin Chew Tilghman, son of Richard A. Tilghman, (1861-1911), Philemon II (1760-1797), and others) [Boxes 22-25; Flat Boxes I & K]

Series II: Tilghman Genealogical Materials (including the personal documents and genealogical research of William McMurtrie Tilghman) [includes Over-size materials, separately housed] [Boxes 26-28; plus one Oversized, G-OS]

Series III: Records relating to "The Hermitage" [29; plus # of Flat Boxes]

Series IV: Tilghman Ephemera [Boxes 30-31]

Series V: Tilghman Photographs [Box 32]

Series VI: Papers relating to the Chew Family [Box 33]

Series VII: Papers relating to the Lawrence and Allen Families [Boxes 33-34]

Series VIII: Papers relating to the Penn Family [Box 35]

Series IX: Allied Families (a catch-all for families not represented well enough to fit into Series V-VIII) [Box 35]

Series X: Land Records [Boxes 37 & 38 include Over-size materials, Land-OS] [Boxes 36; 37 OS, 38 OS]