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• Armstrong, John, 1717-1795.
• Cadwalader, Lambert.
• Carlisle (Pa.)--History--17th century.
• Land grants--Pennsylvania--History--18th century.
• Tilghman, James, 1716-1793.
• Tilghman, William, 1756-1827.

Letter, 1766, from John Armstrong (1717-1795), later Continental Army officer, about James Tilghman (1716-1793), secretary of the Pennsylvania proprietary land office, and about land grants in Carlisle, Pa.; and a letter, 1795, from Lambert Cadwalader (1743-1823), New Jersey Revolutionary leader to William Tilghman (1756-1827), son of the above James Tilghman, discussing a bond.