Nikola Tesla
Without preamble, Tesla states, “It gives me pain to realize every day that the world thinks more of me than I deserve.” He appends his signature and the date to this message. Tesla’s inventions include the Tesla coil used in radios as well as innovations in alternating-current and experiments with human-made lightning. Upon his death, many of Tesla's papers were missing, including any documentation that may have existed on the “death beam” he claimed to have perfected.
This letter is available on the digital library project I Remain.