A curated selection by Steven Raab, founder of The Raab Collection. These twenty historical treasures came at crucial moments in world history, many signed by the central players in those great events. Learn more: https://www.raabcollection.com/themes...

Raab has now been in the business of buying and selling historical autographs for nearly 35 years. In that time, he has handled historical treasures of the highest quality. Browsing our current inventory, he selected 20 Treasures that spoke to him and would befit the most important collections; rare, important, and exciting.

Among the treasures included are several presidential autograph letters: George Washington manages the Army’s inoculation campaign during the Revolutionary War; Thomas Jefferson looks to acquire fossils from the unexplored West; and Abraham Lincoln writes of “our gallant and suffering soldiers” during the Civil War, just to name a few examples.  

In world leaders, Raab highlights important letters of Queen Victoria, Gandhi, and Churchill.  

Going back even further into the past, three of the items bring us to a time when the United States did not yet exist: a medieval poetry manuscript; an early 15th-century manuscript that references figures made famous by Shakespeare; and a 1485 document signed by Ferdinand and Isabella regarding the Inquisition are included.