Autograph letter signed : Welwyn, to Archibald Henderson, 1905 Jan. 3-17.

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Autograph letter signed : Welwyn, to Archibald Henderson, 1905 Jan. 3-17.

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An extraordinary fifty-four page letter from Shaw to Henderson, an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at North Carolina University, who wished to write a biography of Shaw and solicited his help. In this letter, written over the course of two weeks in 1905, Shaw offers Henderson a witty summary of his life, saying that "a thorough biography of any man who is up to the chin in the life of his own time as I have been is worth writing as a historical document."

1 item (54 p.) ; 26.7 x 20.3 cm. (some sheets smaller)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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