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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1097

Einstein, Albert German-American physicist (1879-1955); his theories about the interrelation of space and time and of matter and energy revolutionized our understanding of the universe; after fleeing Nazi Germany, settled at Princeton, where he became the archetype of the benign, distracted genius. Gracious Typewritten Letter Signed "A. Einstein," ½ page, 4to, on stationery imprinted with his name and address, Princeton, NJ, June 19, 1940. In a letter he undoubtedly typed himself, he thanks Mrs Andrew Winton Roth of Harrison, NY for her invitation. "Unfortunately I am leaving Princeton Princeton [sic] within the next days for the summer and my work leaves me no time to follow your suggestion..." Partial separation at horizontal and one vertical fold affecting typed valediction, some foxing, VG. Just a few months after this letter, Prof Einstein became an official US citizen.

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