Official Copy of Einstein's Atomic Bomb Letter to FDR SIGNED by Edward Teller

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EDWARD TELLER
.  Edward Teller (1908–2003) was a Hungarian-born nuclear physicist who worked with Enrico Fermi on the Manhattan Project and later assumed a leading role in the development of the hydrogen bomb.
OFFICIAL COPY OF ALBERT EINSTEIN’S FAMOUS ATOMIC BOMB LETTER TO PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT SIGNED BY EDWARD TELLER, THE FATHER OF THE HYDROGEN BOMB
Official copy of Albert Einstein’s famous 1939 letter warning President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the construction of powerful bombs through nuclear fission, signed by Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb.  The facsimile was printed by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, NY (where the original letter is currently housed), measures 11 by 8.5 inches, and in pristine condition.  A wonderful association between the atomic and hydrogen bombs.  We were unable to locate any copies of Einstein’s letter signed by Teller available for sale at auction making the present item extremely rare and highly desirable.
WE WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY OTHER SIGNED COPIES AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT AUCTION MAKING THE PRESENT ITEM EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY DESIRABLE
In August 1939, Einstein wrote to Roosevelt to warn him that the Nazis were working on a new and powerful weapon: an atomic bomb.  Fellow physicist Leo Szilard urged Einstein to send the letter and helped him draft it.  The Einstein-Szilard letter to Roosevelt changed the course of history by prompting American government involvement in nuclear research.  The letter led to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.  By the summer of 1945, the United States had built the world’s first atomic bomb.
American Museum of Natural History.  The Manhattan Project.
Atomic Heritage Foundation.  The Einstein-Szilard Letter - 1939.