Raab Collection

Over the years, we have been fortunate to have carried many of the important historical documents to reach the market, as well as to have worked with the descendants of famous Americans to safeguard their historical treasures.  A very small sampling below.

• The Last Will and Testament of John Brown, signed the day he was put to death.  In a private collection of Americana and Presidents.
• An archive from one of the first female aviators, documenting the dawn of aviation for women and with pieces signed by early female aviators, including Amelia Earhart.  In the Library of Congress.
• The Original Order to Seize the Rosetta Stone.  In the British Museum.
• Theodore Roosevelt's "Speak Softly" letter, in which he first coined the phrase.  In a private collection.
• President George Washington's letter to his homestate governor, sending the first measure of Congress ever passed. In a private collection of Presidents and Americana.
• Andrew Jackson's order to the Native Americans to move West. In a private collection.  On display on his behalf at the National Constitution Center.
• The only letter of President Abraham Lincoln to a child known to have survived.  In a private collection. On loan to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.
• Thomas Jefferson's last letter home to his family, acquired directly from the descendants.  In a private collection.
• The Only Letter of Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg in Private Collection of Confederate documents.
• Anne Frank: Her Death & Diary As Seen by Her Father & Grandmother in 1945.  In an institution of World War II.
• The autograph album of Princess Victoria of England, documenting the last Royal Courts of Europe
• Al Capone’s original prison intake form, signed and filled out by him
• Charles Darwin statement that all humans descend from a common, speaking progenitor
• Ralph Waldo Emerson letter defining aspects of transcendentalism and universalism
• Frederick Remington's last will and testament
• Meriwether Lewis's signed receipt for his pay for the Lewis and Clark expedition
• Amelia Earhart's filled in and executed certificate of landing upon becoming the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean solo
• Napoleon's original order to invade the Iberian Peninsula
• In 1942, Winston Churchill's states his goal as to cleanse the world of Hitlerism
• Marconi thanks the Newfoundland government for making possible his discovery of radio transmission
• Harry Truman's resignation letter as Chairman of the Senate’s Truman Committee to run for Vice President
• The first pilot's license issued by the United States government
• The only known law office letter of Abraham Lincoln concerning U.S. Supreme Court practice and procedure 
• Gov. Patrick Henry letter calling the Annapolis Convention
• The document that offical ended the Spanish-American War, signed by President William McKinley
• President John Tyler's order to execute the first comprehensive treaty between the United States and the Republic of Texas
• Abraham Lincoln letter hoping for God's approval of the Union Cause
• The original orders to prepare to start firing on Fort Sumter, issued to the channel batteries in Charleston harbor.  In a private collection of Confederate documents.
• Albert Einstein letter detailing his Law of Viscosity, annotated and analyzed
• John Hancock letter to George Washington in August 1776 concerning a British peace proposal. In a private collection of Americana and Presidents.