Raab Collection

After Arnold's Treason, George Washington Sends His Spymaster to Gather Intelligence on the British

Find "In what manner the British Army is at present disposed...I am anxious to receive intelligence"

George Washington at the Turning Point at Valley Forge

While his troops endure privation, he hatches an audacious plan to attack the British stronghold in New York.

Pres. Washington Writes to Sec. of State Jefferson, Setting in Place a Policy of Neutrality

In the first major foreign policy crisis for the United States, Washington walks a fine line between France and England, demonstrating his policy of avoiding foreign entanglements

President George Washington Calls the Senate Into Session For His Second Inauguration

The only call into session for a Washington inauguration we can find in private hands

The Great Washington Forger: A Classic from the Hand of Robert Spring

Washington Anxiously Awaits the Arrival of the French Fleet

In an unpublished letter to his intelligence chief in central New Jersey, he wishes to receive the latest word on the French, and states that the British remain in place

Washington Establishes Flag of Truce For Negotiations With British As Revolution Draws to a Close

He also expresses his belief that the American military is subservient to the dictates of the civil authority, Congress