On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, Connecticut, burning houses and barns and destroying stores of shoes, ...

The Raab Collection in Ardmore is offering a 1777 letter written by George Washington in Morristown, New Jersey, for $150,000, writes Rob Jennings for Military.com. Despite a recent defeat ...

The letter highlights Washington's belief that British attacks would be met with strong American resistance. A May 1777 letter from George Washington, written in Morristown and reflecting his ...

A letter written by George Washington in 1777 that is valued at $150,000 is up for sale this Presidents Day. The letter, acquired by the Raab Collection, was written during the Revolutionary War ...

George Washington was commanding the Continental Army and staying in Morristown when he wrote an optimistic letter on the prospects of winning the Revolutionary War despite a recent defeat.

Raab Collection A rare letter from George Washington expressing his faith in the American Revolution—even after a major strategic setback in 1777—went up for sale this Presidents’ Day.

Had George Washington been less ambivalent ... Lord Dunmore's Proclamation By the winter of 1777-78, the Continental Army had dwindled to 18,000 from disease and desertion. This, together with ...

A May 1777 letter from George Washington, written in Morristown and reflecting his confidence in a fragile revolution, goes up for sale on Presidents' Day. Written from Washington's winter ...