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 ...

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 ...

In May 1777, as the Revolutionary War raged on, Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons wrote to George Washington about a recent British raid in Danbury, Connecticut. The attack had resulted in the ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

April 19 marks 250 years since the first gunfire of the American Revolution rang out at 5:30 a.m. northwest of Boston. It was ...

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.

George Washington, who had been leading the battle ... for $65,000 and $35,000. The April 1777 Danbury raid was a relatively small expedition in the bloody, drawn-out war for independence that ...