FDOI; Greensboro, NC

Picture of O. Henry in his early years, and a picture of the Cradle he was rocked in as a baby. Arranged to fit a custom envelope template, laser printed on 8.5" x 11", Southworth 25% cotton rag 24# Blue Linen paper. Each envelope was cut from that paper using an Ellison Prestige Pro Cutter with a custom 6-3/4 envelope die and hand-assembled. Only 18 were made.

Text of Cachet Front:
Cradle in which O. Henry was rocked.

Text of Cachet, Back: William Sydney Porter - 1862-1910
After Mark Twain and Edgar Allen Poe, William Sydney Porter is the most read author in the world and bears the title "master of the short story". William Sydney Porter, also known as O. Henry, was born on September 11, 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina.

His mother, Mary Jane Porter, died when he was three and his father, a medical doctor, began to care more about alcohol than his practice. His grandmother was given the task of raising him and a younger sibling. She also was responsible for their extensive education.

Porter was an avid reader and, by age nineteen, had read a wide variety of books and articles that would later influence his literary works.