The following letter was sent from A. W. McAlister to Dr. C. Alphonso Smith on October 23, 1914. This letter provides some detail of William Sydney Porter's immediate family. The original letter is housed in the "Boyhood -- Correspondence" Folder of the Greensboro Public Library's O. Henry Collection.


Letter from A. W. McAlister to Dr. C. Alphonso Smith on October 23, 1914. Page 1.


Letter from A. W. McAlister to Dr. C. Alphonso Smith on October 23, 1914. Page 2.

Letter from A. W. McAlister to Dr. C. Alphonso Smith on October 23, 1914. Page 3.

Letter from A. W. McAlister to Dr. C. Alphonso Smith on October 23, 1914. Page 4.