William Sidney Porter Papers
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Financial and legal documents - Porter Drug Store
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Twenty-six items are from the Porter Drug Store from 1853-1889. The majority are receipts for items purchased and several are signed by W.C. Porter. See the finding aid for the various names of this drugstore at different times. Also included is an agreement (1882) between Porter and Dalton and C. P. Mendenhall for fixtures, etc. (with explanatory notes included) as well as the receipt from W.C. Porter to R.F. Dalton (1882) for 1/2 interest in the drugstore. Very interesting are two pages of accounts from Porter and Gorrell to W.C. Porter (debits), 1863, with amounts in "Confederate" and "Gold." Several of the receipts are Civil War era and many have the drugstore letter/billhead.
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Works of art
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This series includes an original pencil drawing (12 inches by 15 inches) entitled "the pet fawn," by Lina Porter (1888), the tombstone sketch, probably by WSP, and the Pritchett Spring sketch by WSP. Copies of originals include a photocopy of the Pilot Mountain sketch (1879), three copies of the "sword and cat" sketch, and a copy of the "Tourgee" sketch, all by WSP. The original of the "sword and cat" sketch is included, as is a sketch by Shirley Porter of the Porter house on West Market Street. Finally, the series contains a copy of a cartoon showing the interior of the Porter drugstore and sketches of several Greensboro citizens with accompanying rhymes.
