Benjamin Franklin Letter with Rare “B Free Franklin” Signature

In this previously unknown letter as Colonial Agent in London, Benjamin Franklin sends William Trent an account necessary to negotiate the Treaty of Ft....

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Washington’s Rules of Neutrality Signed by Alexander Hamilton

A signed copy of the Rules of Neutrality that Hamilton had helped to draft and circulate, famously depicted in the Broadway musical, “Hamilton,” is...

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The Original, Delivered Manuscript of the Inaugural Address of President Benjamin Harrison

The original, delivered manuscript of the inaugural address of President Benjamin Harrison, identified and signed by him, and obtained by us originally from a...

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Rare Document Details Contribution of Jewish Revolutionary War Hero Haym Salomon

A Sheet from James Madison’s 1783 Accounts Ledger Illustrates Salomon’s Role as a Primary Financier of the Fledgling Republic After a Decade of National...

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Original “Trail of Tears” Letter Signed by President Andrew Jackson

This historic letter signed by President Andrew Jackson—written to Native American tribes in 1829 and requesting them to vacate the American South and move...

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Newly Discovered Letter of President Thomas Jefferson Shows Him Struggling to Pay Household Expenses

Unpublished and Unseen by Scholars, This Important Historical Document was Acquired From the Heirs of an American Collector Who Purchased it During the Great...

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McKinley Autopsy Archive Sold to the University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York, the site of President McKinley’s assassination in 1901, will now also be a place to study the original autopsy report and...

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Samuel F.B. Morse Prepares for His First Test of the Telegraph

In this rare letter of Samuel F.B. Morse, the inventor establishes himself in Washington, D.C. in early 1844 to prepare for his first test...

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Behind a Discovery: The First Case of the Lincoln-Herndon Law Partnership

How We at Raab Investigate Objects Whose Stories Have Otherwise Been Lost to History   Earlier this year, we acquired a collection that included...

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Raab Announces Discovery, Exhibition, and Sale of JFK-Signed Constitution

Research discloses no copy of the Constitution signed by John F. Kennedy ever having reached the public market before On exhibit at Raab, May...

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