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.

Bland, Theodorick, 1742-1790 to Richard Caswell

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02498.01 Author/Creator: Bland, Theodorick, 1742-1790 Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 March 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Written by Captain Bland to North Carolina Governor Caswell. Express letter encloses letters from Congress (not included here). Says he has tried his hardest to get them to Caswell as quickly as possible. Messenger is to receive 50 Continental dollars, and since he has no public money he hopes Caswell can pay him. Docket says Caswell received the packet of letters on 6 April 1778. Page with address leaf and docket are separate from body of letter.

Bland, Theodorick, 1742-1790

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources