Scarce ALS signed “Robt Morris,” one page both sides, 7.5 x 9.25, December 8, 1783. Letter to Tench Tilghman, the former aide-de-camp to George Washington, written while Morris was serving as the first Superintendent of Finance of the United States. In part: "You will receive herewith sundry protested bills of exchange with the protests accounting…to £552.14.2…exclusive of Cost of protests, damages, Interest etc…I pray your best diligence may be used in recovering the same with the Interest & Damages & you will observe the same conduct in respect…as in those delivered when you was here & I shall only observe that I asked payment several years ago of Mr. Philip Thomas the endorser of Saml. Hapburns bill for £260…and consented at his request to wait awhile longer." In fine condition, with writing showing through from opposing sides. In the wake of the Revolutionary War, Tilghman became a business partner with Morris in the booming tobacco trade. Morris entrusted Tilghman, now an established and influential merchant throughout Maryland, to run secret operations with the French and William Alexander & Company. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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