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.

Peale, Charles Wilson, 1741-1827 to Tobias Lear re: a donation to Peale's Museum in Philadelphia

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.022 Author/Creator: Peale, Charles Wilson, 1741-1827 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1792/03/23 Pagination: 1 p. + address 23.9 x 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Requesting to make "the donation to the Museum" in Lear's name. Docketed on address leaf.

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources