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Albert Einstein collection
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Albert Einstein collection
Manuscripts
This small collection of material contains five letters by Albert Einstein (including a copy of a telegram about the "world crisis" related to the "power of the atom"). These letters are written to Bern Dibner and Volta Torrey, Editor, Popular Science Monthly. In the letter to Torrey, Einstein talks about Newton's theory of planetary motion and gravity. There are also several letters between Dibner, Torrey, and E. Weil concerning Einstein acquisitions. Also included are two pieces of math equations (on the verso of one of them is a short note, in German, about Korea and scientific pursuits - with a transcription and English translation of the note). The collection also includes five photographs of Einstein, one engraving, and a photograph album that contains photographs as well as clippings. There is also one folder that includes 31 copies of letters of Einstein that Bern Dibner collected, including two copies of his letter to President Roosevelt regarding the atomic bomb (August 2, 1939). There's also a copy of Einstein's will (March 18, 1950). Also included are copies of 10 articles by and about Einstein and clippings from dealer catalogs.
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Churchills Verrat an Europa! (Parole der Woche no. 5)
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Language of material: German Publisher: Zentralverlag der NSDAP (Munich, Germany) Notes: Includes German translation of a quote from a speech delivered by Churchill in 1920 about the dangers of Soviet Russia.
609303
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Short Description of the Discovery and of the more particular fortunes of new Netherland formerly a plantation of the Republic of the United Netherlands in America
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Murphy's translation of the work by Nicolas Cornelis Lambrechtsen Korte beschrijving van de ontdekking en der verdere lotgevallen van Nieuw-Nederland : weleer eene volkplanting van het gemeenebest der Vereenigde Nederlanden in America ( Middelburg : bij S. Van Benthem ., 1818). According to the note at the end of the manuscript, Murphy finished "this translation November 29, 1840. It has been made without any knowledge whatever of the language and the Dictionary alone being my Assistant. My first attempt upon the Dutch language & necessarily imperfect."
mssHM 3729
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Juan Vicente Guémez Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo letter to Manuel Godoy, Duque de Alcudia
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This manuscript is an English translation of a letter from the Conde de Revillagigedo to the Duque de Alcudia, dated 1793, April 12, outlining various details related to the exploration of California and other regions of New Spain. The translation was done in 1898, April 22, and is signed by Francisco de Thoma, the translator. Pages 1 and 3 are missing.
mssHM 296