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.

Cornplanter, 1732-1836 [Receipt for $250 annuity paid to Cornplanter, a Seneca chief, for the Six Nations]

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04691 Author/Creator: Cornplanter, 1732-1836 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 2 June 1826 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 16 cm, Width: 19.3 cm Order a Copy

Records payment made by Roy Bayard and Thomas Morris in accordance with a treaty made with Robert Morris at Big Tree "in September 1797, up to September 1825." Witnessed and signed by Charles F. Cort and H. James, Jr. Signed by the Seneca Chief Cornplanter with an X.

Cornplanter, 1732-1836
Cort, F. Charles, fl. 1821-1826
James, H., Jr., fl. 1826

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources