Correspondence, 1898-1903.

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Correspondence, 1898-1903.

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Letters from O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) to Mrs. M.J. Roach and 1 letter from Ainslee's Magazine to O. Henry.

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Ainslee's magazine,

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Henry, O., 1862-1910

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O. Henry was born as William Sydney Porter on September 11, 1862 in Greensboro, NC. He worked as a pharmacist in Greensboro and moved to Texas for his health in 1882 where he became a ranch hand. Porter relocated to Austin, TX and worked as a pharmacists, served as draftsman at the Texas General Land Office, a teller at First National Bank of Austin, and started a humorous weekly magazine, The Rolling Stone. He also wrote for the Houston Post. In 1898 Porter was found guilty of embezzlement from...