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.

Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Return of shoes and stockings received from General Thomas Mifflin's at Morristown 14 January 1777]

High-resolution images are available to schools and libraries via subscription to American History, 1493-1943. Check to see if your school or library already has a subscription. Or click here for more information. You may also order a pdf of the image from us here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02887 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1783 Pagination: 1 p. ; 21.4 x 17.3 cm. Order a Copy

Written for Henry Knox by Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Indicates the distribution of forty pairs of shoes and stockings among ten officers, Knox included. Date of creation previously inferred (but erroneously recorded as 1873) and written in pencil near the top of the page.

Knox was appointed Major General after the 1781 Battle of Yorktown.

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources