Our Collection

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Sheafe, Jacob, fl. 1745-1829 to Henry Knox

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07252 Author/Creator: Sheafe, Jacob, fl. 1745-1829 Place Written: Portsmouth, New Hampshire Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 April 1799 Pagination: 1 p. ; 23.1 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Sheafe includes in this letter to Knox "duplicate Bills of the Pine and Oak plank purchased of you and now inclose you my Check on the Branch Bank for the balance due to you."

Sheafe, Jacob, fl. 1745-1829
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources