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.

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 Pay order addressed to David Rittenhouse for Sebastian Levan

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04842.21 Author/Creator: Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1784/05/03 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; + engraving Height: 16.6 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources