TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, August 22, 1936. Letter to Leon Ziguelnik. In part (translated): “It makes no sense that my daughter or I talk to you, especially since I have passed the Marianoff matters off to our representative, attorney James Marshall, 150 Broadway. I thank Mr. Alexandre for his kind offer, but I cannot accept because I have already been committed. With regards to the bank debt, I will not be able to pay the entire sum as promised…I hereby agree to pay the bank immediately 150 dollars, which the two ladies, who have frivolously taken such a guarantee, will simultaneously deposit the remaining 300 dollars to the bank. I request to communicate this immediately to the two ladies in order to conclusively clean up the matter with me.” In very good condition, with partial edge separations to horizontal mailing folds, scattered toning and soiling, and creasing and small tears to edges. Einstein's stepdaughter, Margot, had married his assistant Dr. Dmitri Marianoff in 1930. The pair would separate four years later and finalize their divorce in 1937. Marianoff later wrote a controversial tell-all book, Einstein: An Intimate Study of a Great Man, which Einstein went out of his way to publicly discredit as unreliable. An intriguing letter revealing elements of this Einstein family feud. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA.
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