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The items in this folder include a calling card, three letters, and one cover. Three photostats of a letter from William Sydney Porter in Texas to his friend Dr. Beall in Greensboro (1882) are included along with the original. Porter also wrote to Mrs. J.K. Hall of what he missed about living in North Carolina. Also included is a 1907 letter written by Porter from New York to Ms. Lily Benbow, and an undated letter to "Uncle John" written by Porter while in New York. This folder also contains two ALS (autograph letter signed) by Porter on the stationery of the General Land Office in Texas. Both 1890 items deal with settling the estate (real estate holdings) of William Kerr. A photostat of each letter is included. Also included are a printed page and photograph of the two letters of introduction that Porter presented in Austin (1884).