In May 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a brigadier general anxiously wrote George Washington a letter about a British raid that had just occurred in Danbury, Connecticut. Though the British ...

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George Washington, who had been leading the battle for independence from Britain for almost two years. But on May 7, Washington wrote a letter to a worried subordinate, saying the raid had not ...

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 ...

Dear Sir: I give you the trouble of this letter at the instance of Mr. Dalby ... The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, by John C. Fitzpatrick, ed.

to do Justice, to love mercy,’ he instructed in his ‘Circular Letter to the States.’ ‘General George Washington Resigning His Commission,’ an 1824 portrait by John Trumbull in the U.S ...

Well, that didn’t take long. A letter George Washington wrote in Morristown while commanding the Continental Army sold for $150,000 within days of going on the market, according to the seller.