University Archives' November 29th online auction features items signed by famous figures in history

WILTON, Conn. - Nov. 13, 2023 - PRLog -- A photograph of Albert Einstein from 1954 with his signature and a hand-written dedication to a fellow nuclear policy activist, and a document signed by Founding Father and renowned Declaration signer John Hancock on July 1, 1775, just two weeks after the Battle of Bunker Hill, are featured lots in University Archives' next major online-only auction scheduled for Wednesday, November 29^th.

The Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Sports Memorabilia auction will start promptly at 10:30 am Eastern time. All 472 lots in the catalog are up for viewing and bidding now – on the University Archives website: UniversityArchives.com  – as well as on Invaluable.com, Auctionzip.com and LiveAuctioneers.com. Telephone and absentee bids will also be accepted.

"Our November sale features items relating to U.S. Presidents and First Families, Early America, Science, Literature, World Leaders, Music, Military, Art, Civil Rights, Religion, Aviation and Space, Sports, and many specialized categories," said John Reznikoff, the president of University Archives. "Mark your calendars. This is a wonderful opportunity to buy historical holiday gifts."

The vintage sepia-colored photograph of Albert Einstein after Trude Fleischmann is signed and dedicated by Einstein to "Mrs. Leonore Marshall" in 1954. Like Einstein, Marshall expressed grave reservations about the potential dangers of the atomic bomb. Ms. Marshall co-founded the Committee for a Saner Nuclear Policy in 1956 and was a founding co-director of the Committee for Nuclear Responsibility in 1971 (est. $20,000-$30,000). The November sale also includes an autograph manuscript by Einstein relating to his Unified Field Theory and triangle theorems.

Lot 249 is the one-page Rev War-era document signed in Philadelphia on July 1, 1775 by John Hancock (as President of the Continental Congress), appointing Crispus Graves as an Ensign under Col. Phinney's command, "in the Army of the United Colonies, raised for Defense of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof…" (est. $7,000-$9,000).

Lot 49 is an autograph letter signed by Abraham Lincoln regarding recently manumitted African American slaves, "the freed-men in Gen. Grant's Department." It is one of few Lincoln letters with slave content that remain in private hands. In the letter, dated July 22, 1863, just two weeks after the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln mentions John Eaton, Jr. and James M. McKaye, men tasked with investigating the condition of recently liberated slaves (est. $65,000-$75,000).

For more information, please visit www.universityarchives.com.