To William Tilghman
Mount Vernon Augt 2. 1817
Dear Sir
Mr E. B. Caldwell goes to Phila. at the request of the Committee of the Colonization Society for the purpose of aiding in the formation of an auxiliary Society in that City which, it is believed, many of its1 more respectable Citizens desire to establish. I beg leave to introduce this distinguishd member of the above Society to your acquaintance & to solicit for him your countinance & patronage. I am Dear Sir with sincere respect & esteem yr mo. ob. Servt
Bush. Washington
Source Note
ALS, MdHi: Tilghman Family Papers. BW addressed the letter to "The Honbl. Wm Tilghman Chief Justice of Pennsylva. Philadelphia." A note on the cover, in BW's hand, reads: "Fwr'd by E. B. Caldwell Esq." Tilghman noted on the cover, "I was absent from Phila. while Mr Caldwell was there, & did not receive this letter until after he had left the City."
1. BW originally had written "you" but crossed it out.
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