Mitchell, S.W. Letter to Dr. Walter Franklin Atlee regarding "The Youth of Washington"

[MITCHELL, Silas] Weir. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. Philadelphia, May 4, 1904. Three-page letter on two integral leaves of stationery bearing Mitchell’s printed address, with each leaf measuring 8 x 5”. Mitchell writes to Dr. Walter Franklin Atlee. He discusses his recently published book, The Youth of Washington (Century, 1904) and states, in part: “If herein I have set G.W. on his living legs – no more to be a lay figure – I shall have attained my end. Some time I must point out what in the text is G.W.’s own – ie. most of page 1[?]. The letters are mostly fictitious – guess which. It was great fun – ah, but he was a great, silent, shy, misunderstood man.”

1904 May 4

MSS 2/241-04 Series 1 Box 1 Folder 16