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[Letter from Jane Smoot to Trueman O’Quinn] (open access)

[Letter from Jane Smoot to Trueman O’Quinn]

Letter referencing photograph of Lawrence Smoot at age twelve (12) that he witnessed the marriage of William Sydney Porter and Athol Estes.
Date: August 17, 1975
Creator: Smoot, Jane
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes] (open access)

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes]

A draft of a letter to President Rutherford B. Hayes from E.M. Pease, who introduces Dr. Beriah Graham to the president.
Date: unknown
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease] (open access)

[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease]

A letter to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease, who discusses the presidential election of 1868.
Date: {1868-09-07,1868-09-08,1868-09-17}
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence, with drawing, to Richard Niles Graham from Oscar Strobel] (open access)

[Correspondence, with drawing, to Richard Niles Graham from Oscar Strobel]

A short note to Richard Niles Graham from artist Oscar Strobel, accompanied by a small print of “Alfred E. Neuman” with an unflattering caption about FDR voters.
Date: unknown
Creator: Strobel, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Description of gift from Jenny Lind Porter Scott and Lawrence E. Scott] (open access)

[Description of gift from Jenny Lind Porter Scott and Lawrence E. Scott]

Description of donation of O. Henry letters and their authenticity.
Date: September 12, 1987
Creator: Scott, Jenny Lind Porter & Scott, Lawrence E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten letter from O. Henry to Franklin Pierce Adams] (open access)

[Handwritten letter from O. Henry to Franklin Pierce Adams]

Letter relating the better climate in Asheville, North Carolina compared to New York and the move to a new employer, "Everybody's Magazine."
Date: unknown
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Note on Judge J. W. Maxwell statement (open access)

Note on Judge J. W. Maxwell statement

None
Date: unknown
Creator: O'Quinn, Trueman
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Portion of a note written by O. Henry to Gilman Hall] (open access)

[Portion of a note written by O. Henry to Gilman Hall]

Note from O. Henry to Gilman Hall, whom he addresses as "Bill." Hall was the associate editor of Ainslee's Magazine, which was one of the first magazines to publish O. Henry's stories.
Date: unknown
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Trueman O'Quinn to Dudley Frasier (open access)

Letter from Trueman O'Quinn to Dudley Frasier

Letter thanking Frazier for copy of "The Heart of O. Henry." O'Quinn mentions that he reviewed the book for KTBC-TV.
Date: April 20, 1955
Creator: O'Quinn, Trueman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Dudley Frasier to Trueman O'Quinn (open access)

Letter from Dudley Frasier to Trueman O'Quinn

Letter regarding complimentary copy of "The Heart of O. Henry" to Trueman O'Quinn
Date: October 1, 1954
Creator: Frasier, Dudley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Dudley Frasier to Charles Green (open access)

Letter from Dudley Frasier to Charles Green

Letter regarding the wife of an associate of O. Henry living in Austin.
Date: September 30, 1954
Creator: Frasier, Dudley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Witter Bynner to Mary (open access)

Letter from Witter Bynner to Mary

Correspondence regarding a book order from Doubleday.
Date: August 23, 1951
Creator: Bynner, Witter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from Boyce House] (open access)

[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from Boyce House]

A letter to Richard Niles Graham from Boyce House, who supported W.O. Reed for lieutenant-governor and included a brochure promoting Reed for that position.
Date: May 12, 1950
Creator: House, Boyce
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from John Henry Faulk] (open access)

[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from John Henry Faulk]

A short note to Richard Niles Graham from John Henry Faulk, with accompanying pictures from Bath, England.
Date: December 6, 1942
Creator: Faulk, John Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julie Graham from Representative Lyndon Baines Johnson] (open access)

[Correspondence to Julie Graham from Representative Lyndon Baines Johnson]

A letter to Julie Graham from Representative Lyndon Baines Johnson, who congratulates her on graduating from high school.
Date: May 27, 1940
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon Baines
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from Maury Maverick, mayor of San Antonio] (open access)

[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from Maury Maverick, mayor of San Antonio]

A letter to Richard Niles Graham from Maury Maverick, mayor of San Antonio, who says that he is returning Graham’s copy of the book A Maverick American, which Maverick wrote, with his autograph.
Date: February 23, 1940
Creator: Maverick, Maury
System: The Portal to Texas History
Statement by Judge J.W. Maxwell (open access)

Statement by Judge J.W. Maxwell

Regarding William S. Porter's note on some debt he owed Hatzfeld and Co.
Date: June 1936
Creator: Maxwell, J.W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from A.E. Wood] (open access)

[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from A.E. Wood]

A letter to Richard Niles Graham from politician A.E. Wood, who thanks Graham for a campaign donation to his recent run for the state senate.
Date: September 14, 1928
Creator: Wood, A. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Christopher Morley to John Stahl] (open access)

[Letter from Christopher Morley to John Stahl]

Letter signed by Chirstopher Morley declining an invitation by Mr. Stahl of the Sears Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
Date: November 26, 1926
Creator: Morley, Christopher
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement letter for complete O. Henry collection] (open access)

[Advertisement letter for complete O. Henry collection]

Advertising letter offering 274 O. Henry stories in one volume.
Date: October 1926
Creator: Literary Digest
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from Richard Berkeley Bell] (open access)

[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from Richard Berkeley Bell]

A short letter to Richard Niles Graham from tennis player Richard Berkeley Bell.
Date: September 25, 1926
Creator: Bell, Richard Berkeley
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease] (open access)

[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease]

A letter to Julia Maria Pease from a former employee who had emigrated from Japan—he wants to go back and get married, and he asks Pease to verify that he had legally come into the US from Japan, so that he can return with his wife.
Date: October 25, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease] (open access)

[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease]

A letter to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease, a former slave.
Date: January 1, 1916
Creator: Pease, Dave
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease] (open access)

[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease]

A letter to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease, a former slave.
Date: September 9, 1915
Creator: Pease, Dave
System: The Portal to Texas History