Tench tilghman biography of barack obama

1, 1777. He continued with Washington until Yorktown and was the messenger sent with news of the surrender to Congress at Philadelphia. He arrived in Philadelphia at midnight, October 23, 1781, sought out the house of Mr. McKean, president of Congress, and awakened him, uttered words which, echoed by a watchman, brought the people from their beds to rejoice at the glad tidings. Congress on October 29, following, voted Colonel Tilghman a horse and caparisons and a sword. After the army disbanded he located in Baltimore and resumed commercial life, having as partner Robert Morris, of Philadelphia. He died April 18, 1786, and was eulogized by his friend and commander, General Washington, as leaving "as fair a reputation as ever belonged to a human character." He married, June 9, 1783, his cousin, Anna Maria Tilghman, born July 17, 1755, died January 13, 1855, daughter of Matthew Tilghman, a member of the Continental Congre