Host Benjamin Miller is joined by Nathan Raab, principal at the Raab Collection, a purveyor of historic documents, manuscripts, and autographs that range from medieval codices to notes, signatures, and letters by the likes of Napoleon and Amelia Earhart. The firm’s inventory includes several items of national significance, such as the never-before-seen missive by George Washington—written just before the Continental Army’s encampment at Valley Forge for the winter of 1777–1778—that is the subject of this episode.
Nathan Raab is a principal at the Raab Collection, an international firm that has handled many of the most important historical documents to reach the market, and worked with the families of famous Americans in the sale and preservation of their family treasures for nearly thirty-five years. Nathan is also the author of the nonfiction book The Hunt for History (Scribner, 2020), which the Wall Street Journal described as “treasure hunting in the fast lane.” He has appeared in broadcast, print, and digital media all over the world.
