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 ...

Letter written by George Washington in 1777, thought lost, goes up for sale Letter is only Washington letter from Revolutionary War mentioning 'Heaven' It has been valued at $275,000 by auction ...

It is the highest priced of three letters by Washington listed for sale by The Raab Collection. A letter dated Oct. 31, 1780, authorized a prisoner exchange with the British is priced at $65,000 .

Joyous George Washington praises God, heaven, destiny in rare 1777 battlefield letter on sale for first time Document valued at $275,000 — 'You can feel his excitement, the fervor, jump off the ...

A portrait of George Washington, left, and a letter written by in March 1787, right, in a composite image. Raab Collection, Getty Images 2023-02-20T17:14:23Z ...

Here’s your audio update highlighting the letter written by George Washington for sale, an ongoing fight over runoff from a farm and the latest on NJ Transit negotiations to avoid a strike next ...

GARNET VALLEY, Pa. (CBS) -- A letter written by George Washington in the winter of 1780 sold for thousands of dollars in a down-to-the-wire online auction. Briggs Auction in Pennsylvania said the ...

Description. International Spy Museum historian and curator Andrew Hammond provided a tour of the Museum, highlighting a letter from George Washington about a Revolutionary War spy ring.

He has found 81 letters written by George Washington in which he refers to St. Augustine as a military target or a military concern during the Revolutionary War.

A May 1777 letter from George Washington, ... goes up for sale on Presidents' Day. ... with the nearby woods providing lumber and the farms and iron mines fueling the war effort. ...